Bystrup wins UK Pylon Design Competition with T-Pylon
Bystrup’s T-Pylon has beaten six other finalists to be crowned the winner of the Pylon Design Competition.
The Department of Energy & Climate Change, National Grid and the Royal Institute of British Architects ran the competition from May this year, which received more than 250 applications.
Henrik Skouboe, Bystrup chief executive officer, told The Engineer: ‘The steel lattice pylons currently in use across the UK have a height of approximately 55m, whereas the T-Pylon has a height of about 32m, which results in a less significant visual impact.’
The T-Pylon is expected to weigh between 20–25 tonnes, which is approximately the same as the lattice towers. However, the T-Pylon is said to incorporate modern design and production techniques, which makes them cheaper to manufacture according to Skouboe.
Installation of the T-Pylon is thought to be much simpler as it consists of only four or five parts, compared with the lattice tower.
There are more than 88,000 pylons in the UK, carrying up to 400,000 volts of electricity over thousands of miles.
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