Dutch designer Coen Olturs and architectural firm Waterstudio are working on the ingenious source of clean energy. The Blue energy floating sea wall is a floating breakwater that doubles as an energy generator. Called The Parthenon, the floating breakwater not only stems the crash of water pushing into a harbor, but harvests the tremendous energy.

Waterstudio used the Hudson River to illustrate their new design’s function due to its powerful current and waves.

The columns of the sea wall are comprised cylinders that rotate at low speed. The energy created by this rotation is then captured in a concrete box inside the floating platform. The cylinders are filled with water to give the structure flexibility. The whole thing is anchored to the riverbed, and the top can double as an urban green space.

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