An offshore wind control room and the turbine it controls. From the operator’s desk (alarm list, 20-minute trend, string map and a live CCTV wall) the camera flies over the North Sea to wind turbine T-07 among its sister turbines. Its nacelle roof opens as a cutaway to show the main bearing on its cast bedplate, the gearbox on its torque arms, the brake, the generator, converter cabinets and the twelve yaw drives; the spinner nose slides away, also as a cutaway, to show the hub and pitch drives. Sky, sea and wind change with each case. The chosen call plays out on the machine: the rotor spins up or stays feathered, a failing gearbox heats and a jack-up vessel lifts it out, or a crew transfer vessel comes to the boat landing. Every decision in this scene can also be made with the buttons in the controls panel.
