News

  • Essent's Amer power plant takes a historic step towards a biomass power plant

    • 28 June 2010
    • Pressitem

    Essent has performed a successful test at the Amer Power Plant by co-firing more than 50 percent biomass.

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  • Essent’s CSR Report 2009 now available

    • 21 June 2010
    • Newsitem

    In its CSR Report 2009 Essent presents its activities in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility and the results achieved.

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  • EZ invests in the FLOW innovation project for offshore wind power

    • 28 May 2010
    • Newsitem

    Outgoing Minister Van der Hoeven of Economic Affairs today awarded a grant of 19.5 million Euros to the innovation project for Far and Large Offshore Wind (FLOW). This grant comes on top of an equal amount for the project already made known by the companies forming part of the FLOW Consortium.

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  • Europe’s first fast-charging point for electric vehicles open for business

    • 21 May 2010
    • Newsitem

    Leeuwarden - The first fast-charging point in Europe for electric cars opened today. Maurits of Orange, chairman of the Formula E-team, unveiled the recharging point in Leeuwarden that makes it possible to recharge an electric car in 30 minutes. The fast-charging point, which recharges vehicles with Green Energy, is part of a project which Essent has started with the Municipality of Leeuwarden, the Province of Friesland, Epyon and Tamoil. The parties concerned are today taking an important step towards speeding up the use of electric transport.

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  • Arjan Blok succeeds Rinse de Jong on Executive Board

    • 06 May 2010
    • Pressitem

    From 1 May 2010, Arjan Blok (42) will become Essent's new Chief Financial Officer. In this he succeeds Rinse de Jong (61), who will be stepping down as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board of Essent N.V. on 30 April 2010.

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  • Changes on the Executive Board of Essent

    • 10 March 2010
    • Pressitem

    Arnhem/Essen, 10 March 2010 - Huib Morelisse, currently Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Dutch energy company Essent N.V., has decided to leave the RWE Group on 31 March 2010 to pursue other career opportunities.

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  • Essent concentrates its Dutch office activities at five sites

    • 11 February 2010
    • Pressitem

    In forthcoming years, Essent intends to concentrate its Dutch office activities at five sites dispersed throughout the Netherlands: Den Bosch, Groningen, Zwolle, Roermond and Utrecht.

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