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minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·2 months agoHow much oil is used for wind turbines? Can we use renewable lubricants?
minus-squareNo_Maines_Land@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agohttps://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/395/wind-turbine-lubrication
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoNice read, so they still use crude oil based lubricants. I think solar power is still king, but wind will be vital in countries with less sun.
minus-squareNo_Maines_Land@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoYup but even then, using crude oil refined to lubictate a wind turbine for 12-18 months worth of power is a better use than burning it for a few seconds of power. And people are working towards recycling waste lubricating oil back into lubricating oil. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/12/5/135
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOf course, never insinuated it isnt. Wind just isnt exactly “clean” right now.
minus-squareNo_Maines_Land@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI know, there’s just a lot of misinformation fighting against wind power right now.
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m not sure they use oil I thought they use graphite based lubricants.
How much oil is used for wind turbines? Can we use renewable lubricants?
https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/395/wind-turbine-lubrication
Nice read, so they still use crude oil based lubricants. I think solar power is still king, but wind will be vital in countries with less sun.
Yup but even then, using crude oil refined to lubictate a wind turbine for 12-18 months worth of power is a better use than burning it for a few seconds of power.
And people are working towards recycling waste lubricating oil back into lubricating oil. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/12/5/135
Of course, never insinuated it isnt. Wind just isnt exactly “clean” right now.
I know, there’s just a lot of misinformation fighting against wind power right now.
I’m not sure they use oil I thought they use graphite based lubricants.