Convert horsepower (mechanical) to megawatt
1 hp = 0.0007456998716 MW
1 hp = 0.000746 MW
1 hp in every power unit
| milliwatt | 746,000 mW |
| watt | 746 W |
| kilowatt | 0.746 kW |
| megawatt | 0.000746 MW |
| horsepower (mechanical) | 1 hp |
| BTU per hour | 2,540 BTU/h |
| ton of refrigeration | 0.212 ton |
How the conversion works
Multiply by 0.0007456998716 to go from horsepower (mechanical) to megawatt, or divide by it to go back. Every conversion on this site routes through the SI value (W) rather than a table of pairwise factors, so a round-trip returns exactly what you started with.
Going the other way? megawatt to horsepower (mechanical) — 1 MW = 1,341.02209 hp.
horsepower (mechanical) to megawatt — common values
| 1 hp | 0.00074569987 MW |
| 2 hp | 0.0014913997 MW |
| 3 hp | 0.0022370996 MW |
| 5 hp | 0.0037284994 MW |
| 10 hp | 0.0074569987 MW |
| 15 hp | 0.011185498 MW |
| 20 hp | 0.014913997 MW |
| 25 hp | 0.018642497 MW |
| 50 hp | 0.037284994 MW |
| 75 hp | 0.05592749 MW |
| 100 hp | 0.074569987 MW |
| 250 hp | 0.18642497 MW |
| 500 hp | 0.37284994 MW |
| 1000 hp | 0.74569987 MW |