(Bloomberg) -- The UK will need to build a backbone of pylons after 2030, running down from northeast Scotland through to northwest England, to transport electricity from new offshore wind farms. The ...

People living in the path of proposed pylons have told an inquiry the plans could cause them financial ruin and destroy beautiful countryside.

The first 36 of a new T-shaped design of electricity pylon have been wired up, National Grid has announced. The pylons, the first major UK redesign since 1927, will be rolled out where possible across ...

Plans to build thousands of new pylons in rural areas to meet the Government’s clean power targets are sparking backlash in communities across the UK. National Grid is overhauling the power system to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plans for hundreds of pylons through Essex would “irreversibly destroy the unique and irreplaceable historic environment”, a ...

The UK announced Monday that households living near new electricity pylons will benefit from reduced energy bills, amid opposition to infrastructure projects required to connect renewable energy to ...

Oct 14 (Reuters) - A minimalist Danish design has won a competition to find a new electricity pylon for Britain, to replace the latticed steel transmission towers that have dotted the landscape since ...

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