To check the wind turbines, Bridie Salmon harnesses herself to a cable, jumps from the boat to a ladder, then climbs eight stories to the top. Once Salmon is on the platform, she makes the rounds, carefully inspecting and servicing the turbine. https://cbsn.ws/3SbzbXz | 60 Minutes

Here’s how wind turbines work: wind turns the blades around a shaft inside the turbine, which spins a generator. Energy then travels through cables under the seabed and connects to an offshore substation, and then to a power station on land. https://cbsn.ws/3TekJzK | 60 Minutes