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Clarke Energy

Subsidiary of the Kohler Company

Clarke Energy, a Rehlko company, is a multinational specialist in the sale, engineering, installation and maintenance of power plants that use gas engines. Clarke Energy is an independent company with its global head offices located in Knowsley, Liverpool and is an authorised distributor and service partner for INNIO's Jenbacher and Waukesha gas engines.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1
  • Industrycogeneration1
  • HeadquartersKnowsley1
  • Websitewww.clarke-energy.com
  • Legal formPrivate Limited Company3
  • LEI213800815RMKDG42U3303
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressPOWER HOUSE, SENATOR POINT, L33 7RR Liverpool, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 013414533

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Clarke Energy, a Rehlko company, is a multinational specialist in the sale, engineering, installation and maintenance of power plants that use gas engines. Clarke Energy is an independent company with its global head offices located in Knowsley, Liverpool and is an authorised distributor and service partner for INNIO's Jenbacher and Waukesha gas engines. Clarke Energy has over 1,500 staff in twenty seven countries worldwide including UK, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand, France, Greece, Romania, Tunisia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, India and Bangladesh. The company maintains a portfolio of applications for both low-carbon power and renewable energy generation.2

Corporate structure

Clarke Energy sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Clarke Energy Liverpool, United Kingdom
    • CLARKE ENERGY (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD. Subsidiary · Thebarton, Australia

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The story

The company's current operations were established by Jim Clarke in 1989 and initially was a service provided for diesel engines. In 1995 Clarke Energy became distributor for Jenbacher Gas Engines. 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 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, and coal gas plants in Australia. Clarke Energy was acquired by US-based Kohler Co. in 2017.

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

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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.

2014 – Awarded distribution rights for Cameroon, USA, PNG, Morocco, Kenya, DRC, Rwanda, Ghana and Ivory Coast

2018 – Awarded distribution rights for Romania and Greece

2024 — Kohler Energy becomes standalone business, rebranded as Rehlko

2025 — Kyle Quinn appointed President, succeeding Jamie Clarke

From Wikipedia’s article on Clarke Energy, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1989Founded Founded1

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