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That's equivalent to feeding solar power stations with a combined capacity of 8.0 gigawatts, which is sufficient to supply the energy needs of a country the size of the Philippines.

Reuters: Top News 2009

Now the U.S. installed capacity for electric power production is 1,000 gigawatts, which is 1 million megawatts.

SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

Currently, the U.K.'s 10 nuclear-power plants have a total generating capacity of between six and seven gigawatts, representing around 18% of the U.K.'s electricity supply.

U.K. Inspector: No Need to Curb Nation's Nuclear Plants Selina Williams 2011

Previously the German government had spoken of a need for an additional 10 gigawatts in fossil-fuel generation capacity.

Germany Looks to Fossil Fuel Amid Nuclear Exit Bernd Radowitz 2011

The U.K. has one of the most advanced programs in Europe to build a fleet of new nuclear power plants, with utility companies planning 16 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity by 2025.

U.K. Inspector: No Need to Curb Nation's Nuclear Plants Selina Williams 2011

The consensus estimate in the private sector is that the utility rule and eight others on the EPA docket will force the retirement of 60 out of the country's current 340 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity.

The EPA's War on Jobs 2011

"At least 10, more likely 20 gigawatts of fossil capacity need to be built in the coming 10 years."

Germany Looks to Fossil Fuel Amid Nuclear Exit Bernd Radowitz 2011

That is more than the generation capacity of Belgium, which in 2009 had capacity to generate more than 17.3 gigawatts, according to the Union of the Electricity Industry, a Europe-wide sector group.

Germany Looks to Fossil Fuel Amid Nuclear Exit Bernd Radowitz 2011

The extra amount would be in addition to 10 gigawatts already in construction or in planning that should be completed by 2013, Ms. Merkel said.

Germany Looks to Fossil Fuel Amid Nuclear Exit Bernd Radowitz 2011

Private-equity firms such as SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Trust, IDFC Private Equity, and Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. have already invested in India's power sector, which the federal government estimates will need $300 billion to $400 billion between 2012-2017 to expand the nation's power generation capacity of 174.36 gigawatts.

Rural Electrification to Buy Stake in New Projects Saurabh Chaturvedi of Dow Jones Newswires 2011