TenneT has developed a new concept for high‑voltage lines with a magnetic field intensity that is significantly lower than that of existing lines. The innovative design is called Wintrack and consists ...

An architecture and design firm called Choi+Shine has submitted a design for the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition which proposes giant human-shaped pylons ...

This design doesn’t look like much, but that’s the point. The slender pole can appear as a tall black lance or as a thin sliver from a different angle. With a convex exterior skin that reflects its ...

Chris Huhne, Britain’s Energy and Climate Secretary, opened a display featuring scale models of six striking designs for new electricity pylons to the public at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The ...

They are probably one of the least-loved features of our countryside, and electricity pylons could now be getting a makeover through a competition to rethink their design. It comes as ministers and ...

The first new pylon designs for more than 85 years are being installed in the UK in a National Grid pylon scheme. The designs will allow for “sweeping curves” of electricity lines rather than the ...

The competition, with launched in May this year, called for architects, designers and engineers to submit a new pylon design that ‘has the potential to deliver for future generations, while balancing ...

Inspired by the existing lattice pylon originally designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield RA in 1927, New Town Studio, who was recently shortlisted for the Pylon Design Competition, uses a lattice steel ...