It’s incredibly difficult to find values for this, mainly because depending on weather conditions and the type of turbine it will consume differing amounts of oil. I’d love to give you an estimation but I don’t presently have the time to research and provide a good estimate as too how much they require.
I will note that the oil being used by the turbines is not being burned/converted to CO2, it’s being used as lubrication. This isn’t saying it’s free of CO2 production, as the synthesis of the industrial lubricants used in wind turbines produces considerable amounts of CO2.
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It’s incredibly difficult to find values for this, mainly because depending on weather conditions and the type of turbine it will consume differing amounts of oil. I’d love to give you an estimation but I don’t presently have the time to research and provide a good estimate as too how much they require.
I will note that the oil being used by the turbines is not being burned/converted to CO2, it’s being used as lubrication. This isn’t saying it’s free of CO2 production, as the synthesis of the industrial lubricants used in wind turbines produces considerable amounts of CO2.