On 4 March 2008 Essent N.V. has signed the associated partner agreement with Energy Delta Institute (EDI) and so became EDI's first associate partner. The contract was signed by Mr Michiel Boersma (CEO) from the side of Essent and by Mr George Verberg (former President) from EDI's side.

About Essent
Essent is the largest energy company in the Netherlands and very active in the field of natural gas. Essent supplies natural gas and electricity to both domestic and business customers, owns a number of gas-fired power plants, has a large capacity for gas storage and participates and invests in LNG terminals. Essent's trading branch is very active on the international gas markets. Essent considers the Netherlands as its home base, but it also has built a substantial market position in Germany and Belgium. Essent employs about 10 000 people.
On 12 January 2009 Essent officially announced it will enter a partnership with RWE to become part of the fourth largest energy supplier in Europe. With this strategic step Essent wants to ensure its ambition to play a leading role on the consolidating North-West European energy market.

For more information on Essent, please visit: www.essent.eu