FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT WISH TO SLOG THROUGH

THE MATHEMATICS BELOW, THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE

CALCULATION IS:

IT TAKES OVER 150 WIND TURBINES (1.5 MW models) TO

PROVIDE THE MINIMAL POWER NECESSARY FOR 1
SHOPPING MALL…

ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHOPPING

MALLS
The Mall of America has an area of about 2.8 million square feet

Lighting requirements are generally in the range of 3 W/sq. ft.

(Cf. ASHRAE standards: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air
Condtioning Engineers, Section 90.1)

A/C requirements are generally in the range of about 3 W/sq. ft.

This is based on the commonly used requirement of 1200 sq. ft./ton of cooling
capacity. 12,000BTU/hr. = 1 ton, and 1 Watt = 3.41 BTU/hr. Thus,
1200 sq. ft. requires about 3500 W. (12,000 BTU/hr/3.41BTU /hr./Watt).
Thus, 3 W. will cool about one square foot of building space.
(Note: I have seen values as low as 1.6 W and as high as 9 W. This obviously
depends on efficiency of the units and other factors such as insulation. It is probable
that with the “open air” idea of malls, surrounding yourself with much glass that
absorbs a tremendous amount of heat, the requirements will exceed the 3 W/sq. ft. that
is used here.)

Heating requirements are generally in the range of about 10 W/ sq. ft.

Since heating and A/C are probably needed more or less equally throughout the year, a
good working average for both together would be about 6 W/sq. ft.

Thus, just for heating, A/C, and lighting, a building would require about 9 W/sq. ft.

Naturally, individual businesses would require additional amounts of power. For

instance, an electronics store displaying 50 TVs would require about 15,000W
additionally just to power these sets.

Nonetheless, just taking 9 W/ sq. ft. as the basic consumption, our Mall of America
would require about 25,000,000 W. of power, or 25 MW.
Thus, if we have 1.5 MW turbines, operating at 33% efficiency (which we now know
to be ridiculously optimistic), each would produce about .5 MW.

Although the wind companies would like you to believe that their turbines are the best
thing since sliced bread, the New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority (NYSERDA), in their March 4, 2005 report, states: "Their effective
capacities, however, are about 10%, due to both the seasonal and daily patterns of the
wind generation being largley "out of phase" with the NYISO load patterns."

Thus, if we now adopt this 10% effective capacity, each turbine provides 0.15 MW,
and we need over 150 turbines just to provide the basic needs of ONE SHOPPING
MALL!!

(This calculation has been prepared by Terry Matilsky, Prattsburg resident, and
Professor of physics and astronomy at Rutgers University, N. J. He has served as an
expert witness in several venues, including U. S. Federal Court, testifying about
matters concerning heat transfer requirements in large buildings. He has also testified
in front of various state agencies concerning technical problems with wind turbine
design, including issues of ice throw, blade throw, and other safety concerns. )