Pylon of the Month – April 2026

April’s Pylon of the Month comes from Morocco, the first time this country has featured on the blog. I took the picture on a recent holiday and in the background you can see the beautiful city of Chefchaouen, the Blue City. You can easily find the pylons by following the path from the city up to the Spanish Mosque, a walk which takes about 20 minutes and gives amazing views of the city and the surrounding Rif mountains. According to the US International Trade Administration website; ‘Morocco’s energy sector depends heavily on imported hydrocarbons. Currently, the country imports approximately 90 per cent of its energy needs‘, but is aiming to increase renewable energy capacity to 52% of its electricity mix by 2030. There was a plan, the Xlinks project, to bring renewable energy from Morocco to the UK, which could have met 8% of UK energy needs, according to the people behind the project. In 2025, however, the UK government decided not to back the project, which would have seen…