Local councils have warned they will launch a High Court challenge to block the government’s plan to roll out electricity pylons across the UK.

Essex, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk county councils are concerned that the pylons will “wreck” local landscapes.

As a result, all four councils have warned they will launch a High Court challenge to block the plans.

The energy grid is formed from a complex web of pylons, cables, substations and transformers. But the current infrastructure is reaching capacity and cannot transport much more electricity.

With the increase in electricity generated through renewables sources, particularly wind farms off the coast of Scotland, the energy grid needs to be expanded in order to transport electricity to homes and businesses across the country.

Earlier this year, the National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) said that the UK’s energy grid urgently needs a £58bn revamp to connect new renewable energy sources.

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