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You can use soybean-based or canola-based oil for that.

Cargill, Shell, and GE Prolec make it for transformers.

I'd have to consult turbine manufacturers to see if entire gearboxes can be filled with it and still achieve the same performance, but there is contemporary evidence of using plant-based fluid alternatives to mineral oil.

Making the jump for turbines seems like a matter of political and/or corporate will

Recently in Australia supporting nuclear was considered right wing because leading up to election our most conservative party wanted to do it, while our less conservative party was talking about investing in solar/wind/etc. it became an either/or conversation by default.

I don't see how we can make progress when even just talking about energy is such a politically charged topic.