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> About three months later, we had a signed deal for 1.21 gigawatts and had started manufacturing the first turbine.

Great Scott!



I think we had the same though at the same time. Did you also hit your head on the toilet?


What is strange about it? Normal power plants have 2-3 gigawatts. Gas turbine having 300MW is probably just below average. What am I missing? Is it some US thing where G scale is not 10^9?


It's a joke about the movie Back To The Future and 1.21 Jiggawatts.


Ah now it makes sense.


They probably did that deliberately, like when Google IPO'd for $2,718,281,828.


That is clearly an intentional reference.




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