The Newton meter is not a unit of energy.
• A kilowatt-hour is a measure of the quantity of energy a certain machine needs to run for one hour.
• Joule is an integral unit of energy, work, or amount of heat in the international system of units.
• A kilowatt is used to calculate the rate of energy transfer.
• The Newton Meter is a unit of torque stemming from a force of one Newton employed vertically to the end of a moment arm that is one meter long.
• The Newton Meter may not be a unit of energy; however, it is a measure of that energy.
• One way to determine if they are the same is to figure out the basic units of each.
• Newton meters and joules, however, are dimensionally equivalent.