One lining wheel of new turbine wasted energy (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
inner tube
'one lining wheel' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'new turbine wasted energy' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'wasted' indicates an anagram.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'n'+'turbine'='nturbine'
'nturbine' is an anagram of 'innertub'.
'innertub'+'e'='INNER TUBE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inner tube that I've seen before include "What cyclist pumps up" , "One used to inflation going by bicycle" , "Circle line?" , "Tyre filler" , "inflatable ring" .)