--- title: Giant Floating Energy Duck Could Help Copenhagen Become Carbon-Neutral description: The unique structure could provide the environmentally conscious city with solar energy canonical: https://time.com/3076392/giant-floating-duck-proposed-to-bring-green-energy-to-copenhagen/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-03T18:46:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:08.867Z article:section: Science og:title: Giant Floating Energy Duck Could Help Copenhagen Become Carbon-Neutral og:description: The unique structure could provide the environmentally conscious city with solar energy og:url: https://time.com/3076392/giant-floating-duck-proposed-to-bring-green-energy-to-copenhagen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e056ffeb795bfb1/69869e331eebf755b63721f2/enerduck-7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1352 og:image:height: 761 og:image:alt: Enerduck-7 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Giant Floating Energy Duck Could Help Copenhagen Become Carbon-Neutral twitter:description: The unique structure could provide the environmentally conscious city with solar energy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e056ffeb795bfb1/69869e331eebf755b63721f2/enerduck-7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Giant Floating Duck Proposed to Bring Green Energy to Copenhagen > Sponsored content. 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Energy Duck: A submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition by artists Hareth Pochee, Adam Khan, Louis Leger and Patrick Fryer. Courtesy Land Art Generator Initiative  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 3, 2014 6:46 PM UTC Here’s an idea for energy sustainability [that’s not mere quackery](http://landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/3568): A team of British designers and artists have proposed a floating tourist attraction that would gather solar energy in Copenhagen Harbor as the Danish city works to become carbon-neutral by the year 2025. The 12-story-high structure just happens to also be in the shape of a giant sea duck. Built from lightweight steel and covered in solar panels, the “energy duck” would by day collect the sun’s rays and by night bask the harbor in LED lights that change color in rhythm with the hydro turbines inside it, [according to blog designboom](http://www.designboom.com/technology/solar-energy-duck-concept-generate-renewable-power-copenhagen-08-03-2014/). Visitors wouldn’t just be able to admire the light show from a distance, they’d be able to board the energy duck and see the inner workings for themselves. The supersized bird was developed by artists and designers Hareth Pochee, Adam Khan, Louis Leger, and Patrick Fryer as part of a competition run by the Land Art Generator Initiative, a project that aims to integrate art with sustainable design to come up with alternative energy solutions. 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