Convert Terawatts to Ergs per Second
Convert Terawatts (TW) to Ergs per Second (erg/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
erg/s = TW × 1.000000000e+19
About Terawatts
A terawatt (TW) is 10¹² W. All of human civilisation consumes ~17-18 TW (electricity + heat + transport combined); global electricity generation alone is ~9 TW. Solar irradiance intercepted by Earth is ~174,000 TW; photosynthesis captures ~130 TW. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) fusion laser produces pulses of ~500 TW lasting nanoseconds. High-power laser facilities for nuclear physics and ICF research routinely exceed 1 TW in ultrashort pulse regimes. 1 TW = 10¹² W.
About Ergs per Second
An erg per second (erg/s) is the CGS unit of power - exactly 10⁻⁷ W. Despite SI adoption, erg/s persists in astrophysics: the Sun's total luminosity is 3.828 × 10³³ erg/s; a peak supernova radiates ~10⁴³ erg/s - more power than the Sun emits over its 10-billion-year lifetime. X-ray binaries, active galactic nuclei, and neutron star accretion rates are catalogued in erg/s across decades of archival literature. 1 erg/s = 10⁻⁷ W.
Quick Reference Table
| Terawatts (TW) | Ergs per Second (erg/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 TW | 1 × 1019 erg/s |
| 2 TW | 2 × 1019 erg/s |
| 5 TW | 5 × 1019 erg/s |
| 10 TW | 1 × 1020 erg/s |
| 25 TW | 2.5 × 1020 erg/s |
| 50 TW | 5 × 1020 erg/s |
| 100 TW | 1 × 1021 erg/s |