Glasgow could reduce it’s carbon footprint with the implementation of an award-winning solar power concept.

Glasgow-based developer, ZM Architecture, proposes to float large lily-shaped discs on the River Clyde to stimulate river activity, using the surface to harness solar power on a large scale.

The energy created would then be transformed and exported to the National Grid. The firm said the design of the lilypads was ‘inspired by nature’, and that they could be tethered to the river bed. Integrated motors would rotate the discs to follow the sun for maximum output.