Keeping China’s wind turbines turning

Title: The Lubricants Keeping China’s Wind Turbines Turning

Duration: 2:24 minutes

Description:
China has more wind turbines than any other country in the world. With increasing numbers of turbines, there are new challenges, such as how to stop the turbines from corroding when they are built in remote and humid conditions high above sea level. Watch this Inside Energy film to find out how scientists at Shell Lubricants helped produce a new formula to meet that challenge.

Shell Inside Energy_China Wind Turbines Transcript

[Background music plays]
Light-hearted music

[Video footage]
GV of city
Ling Ling Ma exercising in the city by the bay

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Ling Ling Ma has lived in Beijing for 12 years

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GV of food market
Ling Ling Ma shopping at the food market

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She works for Shell Lubricants on wind power projects

[Video footage]
Interview with Ling Ling Ma

[Title]
Ling Ling Ma
Shell B2B lubricants
Business development manager

[Dialogue: Ling Ling Ma]
China consumes the most electricity in the world.

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City Traffic at night
Ling Ling Ma looking at city traffic
GV of city lights

[Dialogue: Ling Ling Ma]
The amount of electricity needed to light up China for a day can light up all the nations of the EU for two days.

[Video Footage]
GV of wind turbines against the the clouds
WS of wind turbines in mountains
MS of wind urbines in the mountains

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There are more than 350,000 wind turbines in the world

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MS of Turbine in the mountains

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China has more than any other country

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CU of Turbine in the mountains

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Goldwind is China’s largest turbine manufacturer

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Drone shot of car on mountain road

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Shell provides lubricants for Goldwind’s wind turbine projects

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Car drives along a mountain road towards the wind turbines

[Title]
Wang, Weibing
Goldwind Technology
Technical Manager

[Dialogue: Wang Weibing]
The mountainous projects are situated high above sea level and are not very accessible.

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Workers put on harnesses and gears up
Interview with Wang Weibing

[Dialogue: Wang Weibing]
This affects our maintenance work.

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Geared up maintenance workers walk towards and enters a wind turbine
GV of wind turbines in the mountains
Maintenance worker climbing a ladder in the wind turbine
Interview with Wang Weibing

[Dialogue: Wang Weibing]
If the lubricants are not reliable or stable enough, it will increase the workload of our maintenance team.

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Maintenance workers exits from the top of the wind turbine

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This area is high-up, remote and humid

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Shots of researchers in the laboratory developing lubricants
CU of laboratory equipment

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Shell’s research team worked on creating the perfect formula and lubrication solution for the conditions

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MS of researcher on touch panel
CU of researchers discussing

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It needs to perform in low temperatures and have strong anti-corrosion properties

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CU of researcher pouring liquid into funnel
Interview with Wang Weibing
CU of wind turbine in the clouds

[Dialogue: Wang Weibing]
When we choose, we opt for a reliable and stable lubricant for our mechanical transmissions.

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MS of wind turbines in the mountains

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This new formula of lubricant aims to make the turbines more reliable

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Drone shot of maintenance workers on wind turbines

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It means more turbines can be built in remote and challenging locations in China and around the world

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Ling Ling Ma, Wang Weibing and a maintenance worker drinks tea at a local tea house in the mountain

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Ling Ling Ma and her team’s work on the lubricants is a step forward in the energy transition

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Ling Ling Ma and Wang Weibing at wind turbine site, shot pedestals up as they walk away to reveal a WS of mountain scenery

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Helping to produce more wind power for the world

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Shell Lubricants
Together Anything Is Possible

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Shell jingle

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