Andy Murray’s tearful speech after losing to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final yesterday caused a huge energy surge of 700 megawatts. National Grid reported the jump which is the equivalent of more than a quarter of a million kettles being turned on as most viewers stayed on to watch the emotional address to the […]

Why Justin Bieber could save the electric car I never thought I’d find myself writing about nauseatingly perma-grinned ‘tween’ heartthrob Justin Bieber. But the online pop sensation (his YouTube videos have got more than one billion hits) has done something to flash up on my energy radar rather like an unwelcome nuclear submarine. For his […]