The photo published with your article (‘There’ll be no countryside left’: Opposition to pylons puts UK carbon targets at risk, 3 August) shows a row of traditional lattice tower pylons. These types of pylons are used all over the UK and generally regarded as ugly by many people, especially if they live near them.
However, in 2011, the Danish company Bystrup won a competition to design a pylon for the UK that would blend more inconspicuously into the landscape. Its T-pylon consists of just a vertical pole with two horizontal arms extending from each side from the top. It is a third shorter than the lattice design, with a smaller footprint, and 36 have already been installed in Somerset.
