Global electricity consumption falling but appetite for energy remains intact. Global electricity consumption will fall in 2009, for the first time since the Second World War, says consultancy Capgemini in the eleventh edition of its European Energy Markets Observatory, published on 16 November. According to the report, the downturn has led to expected historic falls of 3.5% and 3% in electricity and gas consumption respectively in 2009. Public utility companies (water, electricity, gas,...