Deezer 21 December, Deezer announced a new service level offering two hours of free, ad-supported music streaming a month, available to users worldwide, the company's first free music streaming service outside France. CEO Dauchez said that Deezer was also looking for a partner to introduce service in the United States, who was "able to provide us with a significant volume of subscribers" to help offset what he called the "unbelievably high" costs of entering the US market. As of December 2012, Deezer had about three million users paying for subscriptions, out of a monthly active user base of about seven million,
Electricity sector in Iceland Electricity sector in Iceland The electricity sector in Iceland relies primarily on renewable energy: hydro power and geothermal energy, with very minor contributions from thermal power stations. Iceland’s consumption of electricity was seven times higher than EU 15 average in 2008. The majority of the electricity is sold to industrial users, mainly aluminium smelters and producers of ferroalloy. Landsvirkjun is the largest electricity producer. In the retail market largest companies were in 2007: RARIK, Orkuveita Reykjavíkur and Hitaveita Suðurnesja. The electricity production was increased significantly between 2005-2008. According to Statistics Iceland the total electricity consumption was 7,958 GWh in 2002,