Brenmiller Energy begins construction at Tempo Beverage manufacturing plant

Brenmiller Energy announced that it has moved into the construction phase of development at Tempo Beverages beverage production plant in Netanya, Israel, with plans to begin on-site assembly by the end of September. Brenmiller is replacing Tempo’s fossil fuel boilers with a 32 MWh bGen TES system and will deliver sustainable process heat through an Energy as a Service, or EaaS, model. Tempo is partially owned by Heineken International B.V. and is one of Israel’s largest producers and distributors of beverages for brands including Heineken and Pepsi. The system is being configured to meet the beverage manufacturer’s precise operational needs and the final system design is expected to be completed by the end of July. Brenmiller has started procuring the necessary components to manufacture Tempo’s bGen system and all system manufacturing will be completed at Brenmiller’s TES gigafactory in Dimona, Israel. System assembly is expected to be completed by the end of 2024 and commissioned in May 2025. Approximately 15% of Brenmiller’s $500M-plus project pipeline is with food and beverage manufacturers, representing its largest industry vertical by project count. The company’s Dimona gigafactory has the production capacity to support potential sales of up to $200M.