News archive

DateTitle
11 February 2010Essent concentrates its Dutch office activities at five sites
3 February 2010The Energy Centre and Essent join together to save energy
1 February 2010Mira Huussen Director of New Energy Essent
22 January 2010RWE builds world’s largest pellet factory
21 January 2010Sabinapolder Wind Farm (Moerdijk) reopened
19 January 2010Royal FrieslandCampina and Essent conclude an electricity contract: over 400 GWh
17 December 2009Young people want clean and cool mobility
11 December 2009Caravan of electric scooters arrives in Denmark
3 December 2009BuurtEnergie: we still have to get used to it
2 December 2009Sustainable scooter trip to Copenhagen climate summit gets going
24 November 2009300 participants selected for The Road To Copenhagen
19 November 2009Vedis and Bakker Repair Services winners of the Essent Contractor Safety Award
19 November 2009More than 16,000 fans for speed skater Sven Kramer
13 November 2009Cows provide energy for Frisian villages
11 November 2009Polar explorer Robert Swan welcomed into Rotterdam harbour
10 November 2009Green light for large wind farm far out to sea
5 November 2009Amer Power Plant: 3 million tonnes of biomass co-fired
15 October 2009Hundred electric scooters from Den Bosch to Copenhagen
30 September 2009Pierre Vincent new General Manager Essent Milieu
30 September 2009Essent and RWE complete transaction
29 September 2009Management chauffeurs test drive electric vehicles
18 September 2009Strukton compensates CO2 emissions with Gold Standard Certificates
17 September 2009City of Den Bosch opens charging points for electric cars
14 September 2009Essent Trading enters the US offset market; signs deal with TerraPass
9 September 2009Green gas from leftover sugar beet
3 September 2009Essent anticipates closing agreement with RWE at end of Q3 2009
26 August 2009Essent Trading and Stramproy agree unique bio-coal deal
25 August 2009The Road to Copenhagen launched at Lowlands festival
11 August 2009New Green Gas installation at Essent Milieu
6 August 20092009 half-year results: outlook more than fulfilled
6 July 2009Essent is enthusiastic about Dutch government plans
2 July 2009Unbundling of Essent completed
24 June 2009EU approval for RWE’s acquisition of Essent
3 June 2009Essent halts the Essent Milieu sales process
26 May 2009Essent reaches agreement with the Minister of Economic Affairs about the unbundling plan
14 May 2009Essent Opens Westereems Wind Park
12 May 2009Essent and RWE sign Sustainability Agreement
11 May 2009Essent Trading supplies Carbon Credits to Austria
11 May 2009Delta summons Essent and RWE
22 April 2009Official start of Claus C
17 March 2009Essent and RWE announce Executive Board new organisation
5 March 20092008: an excellent year for Essent
20 February 2009Essent's Central Works Council issues a positive recommendation
9 February 2009Clean cars with Green Gas Certificates (for Utrecht province)
30 January 2009Essent and RWE, together towards a sustainable future
22 January 2009Essent Trading Provides Carbon Credits for Deutsche Post’s Climate Neutral GoGreen Shipping Service
12 January 2009Essent partnering with RWE - enters a new future
6 January 2009Green for Gas carbon offset with Full Gold Standard
29 December 2008Essent Netwerk to be called ENEXIS
15 December 2008Essent purchases North Sea gas from GDF SUEZ and Lundin
15 December 2008Essent Milieu takes renovated Landgraaf water purification landfill site into operation
9 December 2008Essent Trading expands into Nordic region
9 December 2008Essent Trading expands into Asia-Pacific
8 December 2008Essent and Shell take first step toward low-CO2 power plant
1 December 2008Essent and Gasterra collaborate on Fuel Cells for microWKK
27 November 2008Essent submits Unbundling Plan to Energy Board
25 November 2008Essent Trading receives first Gold Standard certified emissions reductions from China
17 November 20087th Essent Energie-Forum at Schloss Bensberg: Great Opportunities for Renewable Energies
13 November 2008Essent plans to build CCGT power plant in Genk
4 November 2008Essent Trading acquires gas trading license for the Spanish market
21 October 2008AZN's new incineration plant in operation
18 September 2008Bayerngas and Gelsenwasser extend novogate cooperation
21 August 2008Essent Trading executes first power deals in Hungary
15 August 2008T-Power signs Gas Tolling Agreement with Essent Trading
15 August 2008Essent concludes contract with Rabobank for the supply of green gas
7 August 2008Strong performance commercial business operations in first half 2008
24 July 2008First wind turbines at Westereems Wind Park supply power
1 July 2008Essent and partners start pilot small-scale energy technology
27 June 2008Essent Netwerk becomes ENEXIS
27 June 2008Essent and shareholders: vital for Essent to join up with a strategic partner
17 June 2008Essent accelerates widescale use of electric cars
13 June 2008Essent enters into a contract with Alstom
6 June 2008Essent Trading, CCG and ING execute agreement for the purchase of emission reduction units
29 May 2008Essent invests in gas and wind
7 May 2008Essent and INEOS Oxide inaugurate the Inesco CHP plant in Zwijndrecht
29 April 2008Essent ‘associated partner’ of Energy Delta Institute
28 April 2008NABUUR.com and Essent online voluntary work
21 April 2008Essent and GasTerra to start a research programme into fuel cells for HRe boilers
21 March 2008Essent enters into long-term green contract with Electrawinds
28 February 2008Continued solid growth of revenue and profit
22 February 2008Essent sponsor of the ISU World and European Speed Skating Championships
21 February 2008Deutsche Essent and SWM co-operate
11 February 2008Great potential for Green Energy from agricultural residues
6 February 2008Marc van 't Noordende, member of the Executive Board, is leaving Essent
30 January 2008Amer Power Plant - half a million tonnes of biomass in 2007
29 January 2008Bio-energy Power Plant Cuijk: more than 1 million MWh of Green Energy
22 January 2008Essent Trading and China Datang Corporation conclude first CDM Gold Standard Project in China
21 December 2007Essent: use of only 100 per cent sustainably produced palmoil products
21 November 2007Expansion of municipal partnership: Gelsenwasser to become shareholder in novogate
19 November 2007Essent visits president Putin
7 September 2007Essent and Nuon terminate merger process
3 September 2007Essent places four total power plants at vegetable growers
3 September 2007Campaign for corporate social responsibility within Essent
8 August 2007Developments Regarding Unbundling of Dutch Energy Companies
7 August 2007Essent and RheinEnergie with joint gas storage facility
25 July 2007Essent and Delta set up investment fund for clean energy projects
23 July 2007Unbundling Act will take effect on 1 July 2008
20 July 2007Essent is the ‘Top IT Employer of 2007‘
10 July 2007Green electricity from coffee husks