Barrs lived in rural Denmark. His dairy farm had a 90-foot-tall cable pylon. The cables laid across it (1 foot about 0.3 meters). Although he does not understand art, Bals does not mistake it for the works of Michelangelo or Cadell — he does not like it.
"It's a big iron shovel," said 34-year-old Dutchman and dairyman Norbert Baars. He moved here a few years ago because the farm here is cheaper than his home town of Holland.
However, Balth's point of view has no weight. With the continuous promotion of renewable energy such as wind power and hydropower, cables for transmission to Danish cities and industries must be expanded and newly constructed. People everywhere are the same, and no one wants to have a cable pylon in their own backyard.
So about 10 years ago, the Danes came up with the idea of ​​asking industrial architects to design new, aesthetically sculpted cable towers. The reason is that if the pylon looks more like a huge sculpture, people may prefer, or at least be less offensive, a cable tower nearby. The first batch of such cables was built several years ago. It has 80 cable towers about 10 miles across and passes through a village of about 900 people, just south of the dairy farm in Balth (1 mile approx. 1.6 km).
Erik Bystrup, an industrial designer from Copenhagen, recently won a cable tower design competition organized by the Danish State Grid Corporation. “I not only won the first prize, but also won the second and third prizes.†Brabout sat in his cable-pylon model and showed off to The New York Times. His office is located in a refurbished factory building.
“We have been working hard to design the towers light and colorful. Our slogan is that we bring you green power lines with your arms high,†he said.
The traditional pylon is a grid pattern made of gray galvanized steel, while the cable tower in Welshka is supported by a single pole, supported by a set of stainless steel rods, and the cables are dazzling in bright sunlight. It's glaring.
Obviously, the artistic nature of the cable tower is ultimately limited. Regardless of the design, the cable tower must be high enough and maintain a certain spacing between the cables; for the sake of cost, novel materials cannot be used.
Although the design of Whitestamp was not impressed by Picasso's fans, it was greatly favored by Danish state-owned power grid companies. When the Danish state-owned power grid company needed to build a 105-mile-long cable in the northern part of the central Gartland Peninsula in western Denmark, the company found the architectural designer of the Whitestamp company and designed a simple design called "Eagle." "The model is supported by a single support rod, which is supported by a set of stainless steel rods. Each tower is about 125 feet high and has recently built 600 such towers.
The idea of ​​origin in the small Welsh town has now received worldwide attention. In the United Kingdom, the Department of Energy and Climate Change sponsored a contest to design beautifully styled cable towers this year; this month, a design by the Whitestamp eventually defeated five other entries and won the championship. Canadian energy experts are studying Danish practices in response to opposition to the planned new cables. The plan includes cables that connect Canada and Boston through the mountains of New Hampshire.
In the town of Welsh, the people’s opinion is not like this. "Pressure from the public has a great impact on cable design," said Bjarke Jensen, who is responsible for environmental protection in the Maria Ford region. The town of Willska is within the jurisdiction of Maria Ford. At public hearings, local farmers debated whether the construction of new cables would damage the health of their families and farm animals, the visual impact of cables, and the cable construction that would lead to the depreciation of farmer households. Jason said that many people want to lay cables underground, but grid companies think the cost is too high.
Despite all the efforts, there are still some problems with beautifying the cables. The use of stainless steel has caused some trouble.
Last year, the stainless steel parts on the cable in the town of Willska needed repairs and replacements. This was a big expense because the joints that connected them were corroded. Moreover, specially designed cable towers are costly. "It's more expensive than a typical cable tower, and the price has almost doubled," said Christian Jensen, program director of the Danish state-owned grid company responsible for operations in the area.
For Zepte, selling his design to the Danish State Grid Corporation is not an easy task. “They are electrical engineers and the idea is very different from mine.†He sighed. “The two sides have been tangled in the cost issue and the design has progressed very hard.â€
Regardless of the cost, people in the town of Willska have both criticized and accepted the cable pylon. "If they can design the cable tower better, of course it's a good thing," said 42-year-old Jens Peter Mikkelsen. Three years ago he opened his own trading company on an abandoned farm. However, he said; "I don't understand why it's not designed underground."
Erik Gronlund, 53, has been raising cows in this village since 1989. At that time his father purchased a farm with 50 cows. Now there are 180 cows in Glenn. These cows often graze in the shadow of the cable pylon. He said: "A lot of people in our village said, don't cable towers."
“But the government said yes.†Like most of the surrounding peasants, Glennron received a one-time compensation to compensate for the depreciation of assets caused by the existence of the cable pylon. "This is the best result we can get."
Bars said that these cables illuminated the narrow path of the mountain village at night. "Sometimes I think, 'walk along the cable pylon,'" he said.
"It's a big iron shovel," said 34-year-old Dutchman and dairyman Norbert Baars. He moved here a few years ago because the farm here is cheaper than his home town of Holland.
However, Balth's point of view has no weight. With the continuous promotion of renewable energy such as wind power and hydropower, cables for transmission to Danish cities and industries must be expanded and newly constructed. People everywhere are the same, and no one wants to have a cable pylon in their own backyard.
So about 10 years ago, the Danes came up with the idea of ​​asking industrial architects to design new, aesthetically sculpted cable towers. The reason is that if the pylon looks more like a huge sculpture, people may prefer, or at least be less offensive, a cable tower nearby. The first batch of such cables was built several years ago. It has 80 cable towers about 10 miles across and passes through a village of about 900 people, just south of the dairy farm in Balth (1 mile approx. 1.6 km).
Erik Bystrup, an industrial designer from Copenhagen, recently won a cable tower design competition organized by the Danish State Grid Corporation. “I not only won the first prize, but also won the second and third prizes.†Brabout sat in his cable-pylon model and showed off to The New York Times. His office is located in a refurbished factory building.
“We have been working hard to design the towers light and colorful. Our slogan is that we bring you green power lines with your arms high,†he said.
The traditional pylon is a grid pattern made of gray galvanized steel, while the cable tower in Welshka is supported by a single pole, supported by a set of stainless steel rods, and the cables are dazzling in bright sunlight. It's glaring.
Obviously, the artistic nature of the cable tower is ultimately limited. Regardless of the design, the cable tower must be high enough and maintain a certain spacing between the cables; for the sake of cost, novel materials cannot be used.
Although the design of Whitestamp was not impressed by Picasso's fans, it was greatly favored by Danish state-owned power grid companies. When the Danish state-owned power grid company needed to build a 105-mile-long cable in the northern part of the central Gartland Peninsula in western Denmark, the company found the architectural designer of the Whitestamp company and designed a simple design called "Eagle." "The model is supported by a single support rod, which is supported by a set of stainless steel rods. Each tower is about 125 feet high and has recently built 600 such towers.
The idea of ​​origin in the small Welsh town has now received worldwide attention. In the United Kingdom, the Department of Energy and Climate Change sponsored a contest to design beautifully styled cable towers this year; this month, a design by the Whitestamp eventually defeated five other entries and won the championship. Canadian energy experts are studying Danish practices in response to opposition to the planned new cables. The plan includes cables that connect Canada and Boston through the mountains of New Hampshire.
In the town of Welsh, the people’s opinion is not like this. "Pressure from the public has a great impact on cable design," said Bjarke Jensen, who is responsible for environmental protection in the Maria Ford region. The town of Willska is within the jurisdiction of Maria Ford. At public hearings, local farmers debated whether the construction of new cables would damage the health of their families and farm animals, the visual impact of cables, and the cable construction that would lead to the depreciation of farmer households. Jason said that many people want to lay cables underground, but grid companies think the cost is too high.
Despite all the efforts, there are still some problems with beautifying the cables. The use of stainless steel has caused some trouble.
Last year, the stainless steel parts on the cable in the town of Willska needed repairs and replacements. This was a big expense because the joints that connected them were corroded. Moreover, specially designed cable towers are costly. "It's more expensive than a typical cable tower, and the price has almost doubled," said Christian Jensen, program director of the Danish state-owned grid company responsible for operations in the area.
For Zepte, selling his design to the Danish State Grid Corporation is not an easy task. “They are electrical engineers and the idea is very different from mine.†He sighed. “The two sides have been tangled in the cost issue and the design has progressed very hard.â€
Regardless of the cost, people in the town of Willska have both criticized and accepted the cable pylon. "If they can design the cable tower better, of course it's a good thing," said 42-year-old Jens Peter Mikkelsen. Three years ago he opened his own trading company on an abandoned farm. However, he said; "I don't understand why it's not designed underground."
Erik Gronlund, 53, has been raising cows in this village since 1989. At that time his father purchased a farm with 50 cows. Now there are 180 cows in Glenn. These cows often graze in the shadow of the cable pylon. He said: "A lot of people in our village said, don't cable towers."
“But the government said yes.†Like most of the surrounding peasants, Glennron received a one-time compensation to compensate for the depreciation of assets caused by the existence of the cable pylon. "This is the best result we can get."
Bars said that these cables illuminated the narrow path of the mountain village at night. "Sometimes I think, 'walk along the cable pylon,'" he said.
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