Clarke Energy
| Products | INNIO's Jenbacher gas engines, Power, cogeneration and trigeneration plants |
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| Services | Gas engine maintenance, engineering, project management |
Number of employees | ~1,200 (2019) |
| Website | www.clarke-energy.com |
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Clarke Energy is part of the
Swaziland and Lesotho.[7] The company maintains a portfolio of applications for both low-carbon power and renewable energy generation.[8][9][10][11]
Applications and projects
Gas engines can be used in various gas-to-power applications including
synthetic gas, wood gas and associated petroleum gas. In the UK Clarke Energy is a leading supplier of landfill gas generation equipment, in Australia for Coal Mine gas engines and in France for natural gas cogeneration units.[14] The company has worked on pioneering projects including the supply of the first GE biogas engines into sub-Saharan Africa near Lake Naivasha in Kenya[15] and pioneering the use of CNG as a fuel with Nestle Nigeria.[16]
History
The company's current operations were established by Jim Clarke in 1989diesel engines. In 1995 Clarke Energy became distributor for Jenbacher Gas Engines.[18] In 1998, from its original base in the UK Clarke Energy began to expand overseas. In 2002 GE acquired Jenbacher, the Austrian gas engine specialist company[19] commencing Clarke Energy's status as an 'Authorized Distributor and Service provider' for GE. Clarke Energy helped develop some of the first projects as part of GE's Ecomagination initiative including a biogas projects in Punjab, India,[20] and coal gas plants in Australia.[21] Clarke Energy was acquired by US-based Kohler Co. in 2017.[22]
Key events
- 1989 - Clarke Energy Established as an engine service company
- 1995 - Clarke Energy nominated as distributor for Jenbacher AG gas engine products in UK
- 1998 - Awarded distribution rights for Jenbacher in Australia, New Zealand and Nigeria
- 2003 - GE acquires Jenbacher AG. Clarke Energy acquires Cogen India, awarded distribution rights for Jenbacher in India
- 2004 - Clarke Energy acquires Jenbacher France, awarded distribution rights for France.
- 2005 - Clarke Energy awarded distribution rights for Jenbacher in Ireland. Previous distributor's contract cancelled.
- 2008 - Clarke Energy awarded distribution rights for Jenbacher in Tunisia
- 2011 - Clarke Energy awarded distribution rights for Jenbacher in Algeria
- 2012 - Clarke Energy awarded distribution rights for Jenbacher in Tanzania
- 2013 - Clarke Energy acquires Orient Energy Systems Bangladesh, Agaricus Trading and GE's South African Jenbacher gas engine service business. Awarded distribution rights for Bangladesh, South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique
- 2017 - Clarke Energy is acquired by Kohler Co.
Affiliations and achievements
Clarke Energy is a member of the
Queen's Award for Enterprise (International Trade) for having achieved 6 years' sustained growth.[28][29] The company also won the 2014 British Renewable Energy Award for Innovation,[30] and 'Business of the Year >250 employees' in the (Liverpool City Region) Regional Business Awards.[31]
The company was also a finalist in the British Renewable Energy Awards 2013[32] & 2014[33] and the Energy Awards 2013[34] It was awarded The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2014).
References
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- ^ Jenbacher Distributor and Service Partners, GE Energy, Accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ Energy Efficient an Interview with Alan Fletcher, Clarke Energy, Venture Magazine Archived 1 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, www.venturemagazine.co.uk, December 2006, Accessed 1 April 2004
- ^ Australia's Renewable Energy Use, Technologies and Services Archived 27 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au, accessed 11.05.2011
- ^ Clarke Energy makes major acquisition in Bangladesh, www.clarke-energy.com, 13 August 2013
- ^ GE Energy fournit des moteurs Jenbacher pour une centrale à gaz de décharge sur l’île de la Réunion dans l’Océan Indien Archived 16 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, fr.geenergyeurope-pressroom.com, Accessed 11.05.2011
- ^ Clarke Energy Promeut la Cogeneration en Tunisie, www.kapitalis.com, accessed 11.05.2011
- ^ Clarke Energy acquires GE's Jenbacher gas engine South African service business and Agaricus Trading, www.clarke-energy.com, accessed 11.11/2013
- ^ Clarke Energy Sales Soar, Liverpool Daily Post, 22 July 2009, www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk, Accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ Clarke Energy Sets £200 million target, Insider Media, 13 January 2011, www.insidermedia.com, Accessed 1 April 2011[dead link]
- ^ Director's Pay Cuts Double Profits at Clarke Energy, 30 June 2010, www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk, Accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ Clarke Energy pushes into Oil and Gas Markets, www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk, accessed 5 January 2012
- ^ Queensland Government Inaugurates Alternative Energy Plant Powered by GE's Jenbacher Waste Coal Mine Gas Engines, www.v1energy.com, Accessed 11.05.2011
- ^ Clarke Generates Interest at Blackwater Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, www.gastoday.com.au, Accessed 11.05.2011
- ^ Recycling Energy: Interview with Didier Lartigue, Director of Clarke Energy, British Embassy Tunis Archived 31 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ukintunisia.fco.gov.uk, Accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ Kenya to benefit from major biogas plant, www.businessdailyafrica.com, retrieved 20.09.2013
- ^ Partnership with Clarke Energy will enable Nestle to save 30% on fuel cost annually, www.wapicforum.com
- ^ Britain's Green Rich List, Sunday Times, 27 December 2009, www.timesonline.co.uk, Accessed 5 April 2004
- ^ Clarke Energy Becomes Jenbacher Distributor, www.powergenworldwide.com, 1 May 1999, www.powergenworldwide.com, Accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ Hoffman, A. Critical interfaces and technical limits for a reliable utilization of CMM in recip engines, GE Jenbacher, www.epa.gov, accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ GE Energy's Jenbacher Biogas Engines Power, New Materials International, 15.08.2007 Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, www.newmaterials.com, Accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ GE's ecomagination™ Certified Jenbacher Power Plant Commissioned at Australian Coal Mine to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, www.gepower.com, Accessed 14.04.2011
- ^ Kohler Co. Acquires UK-based Clarke Energy, PR Newswire, 2 February 2017
- ^ Clarke Energy, Renewable Energy Association[permanent dead link], www.rea.net, Accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association - Founding Members Archived 11 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 1 April 2011
- ^ Knowsley Business and Regeneration Awards 2012 - Winners Announced Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, www.knowsley.gov.uk, retrieved 11.01.2013
- ^ ECI Partners Investment Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. www.ecipartners.com, received 11.01.2013
- ^ Clarke Energy appointed as Export Champion, www.clarke-energy.com
- ^ List of 2014 Queen's Award Winners, www.ft.com, retrieved 22.04.2014
- ^ Gas-powered international trade - Clarke Energy wins Queen's Award www.clarke-energy.com, retrieved 22.04.0214
- ^ Energy Minister Celebrates REA Award Winners, www.r-e-a.net, retrieved 8 July 2014
- ^ Live Liverpool Echo Regional Business Awards, www.liverpoolecho.com, accessed 8 July 2014
- ^ British Renewable Energy Awards 2013, www.r-e-a.net
- ^ British Renewable Energy Awards Finalists Announced, www.r-e-a.net, retrieved 22.04.2014
- ^ Energy Awards Shortlist, www.theenergyawards.com