And that doesn't count metal poles and high tension line towers (or trees for that matter!?). Why not put solar panels on every last pole and feed the juice back into the grid? They'd be out of ...

Almost all overhead electricity lines use the same basic design ... more power, without changing utility poles. Though the use of renewable energy is growing—in 2020, wind, solar, and other ...

there is an elegance about the design, with a long pole that fans out into a tilted, circular set of petals at the top. Integrated into the top of the petals will be a 5 kW solar panel array.

Western Power's poles and wires are the Western Australian Government's best electricity assets to sell in a market trying to adjust to the surging popularity of rooftop solar, analysts say.