Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into useable electricity.
This innovative installation may hold one of the keys to accelerating a transition away from fossil fuels that scientists say is necessary if the world is to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
"The project is very simple and easy," Inna Braverman, co-founder of Israeli start-up Eco Wave Power, said.
Looking a little like piano keys, the floaters rise and fall with each wave.
They are connected to hydraulic pistons that push a biodegradable fluid through pipes to a container filled with accumulators, which resemble large red scuba t
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