Wind subsupplier means to clean up industry's dirty secret

Hydratech thinks it can make oil changes redundant in wind turbines using a new filtering system of such a fine mesh it can catch a coronavirus particle.
Within this majestic machine are many hundreds of liters of oil. Hydratech intends to keep the substance clean. | Photo: WindEurope
Within this majestic machine are many hundreds of liters of oil. Hydratech intends to keep the substance clean. | Photo: WindEurope

That wind turbines often contain many hundreds of liters of oil isn't a fact that many talk about. In part because this aspect doesn't exactly emanate green signal value, though it plays a quite modest role in practice. And partly because it's just boring; not least of all when the oil, used to lubricate hydraulic components and transmission, becomes so dirty that it needs changing, with everything that entails of work hours and downtime.

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