The Department of Energy & Climate Change has selected a Danish firm’s T-shaped design for creating future pylons.

The Pylon Design competition, which was launched on 23rd of May, had attracted around 250 entries, but only six designs could enter the final round of the competition.

The competition was conducted by the Department of Energy & Climate Change, National Grid and Royal Institute of British Architects, in order to find a new design for pylons that have remained unchanged for as many as nine decades.

Chris Huhne, secretary of state for energy & climate change, described the Danish firm’s design as "simple, classical & practical". He said the T-shaped pylons would be less intrusive due to their smaller size.

Speaking on the topic, Huhne added, "We are going to need a lot more pylons over the next few years to connect new energy to our homes and businesses, and it is important that we do this is in the most beautiful way possible.”

He added that the so-called T-Pylon would be a real improvement on the existing pylons.

Engineers from National Grid will now work closely with the winner design firm Bystrup Ltd. to develop the T-shaped pylon design into a production model.