Personalizing transmission

Some creative thinkers submitting design concepts for a contest in Iceland have come up with an interesting approach to designing transmission towers: Make art out of them. What do you think? Could these decrease NIMBY resistance to new transmission ...
Aug. 16, 2010

Some creative thinkers submitting design concepts for a contest in Iceland have come up with an interesting approach to designing transmission towers: Make art out of them. What do you think? Could these decrease NIMBY resistance to new transmission lines needed to integrate renewable power sources such as solar and wind into the grid, or increase it?

"Electrifying giants" story and photo (credit: Choi+Shine) from CNet (found via Slashdot)

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Doug Chandler began writing about the electrical industry in 1992, and still finds there's never a shortage of stories to be told. So he spends his days finding them and telling them. Educationally, he's a Jayhawk with an English degree. Outside of work, he can often be found banging drums or harvesting tomatoes.