Industrial Heat Storage Systems

Tempo opened a 35,000-square-foot headquarters for thermal battery technology in San Diego's Sorrento Mesa innovation corridor, establishing a central facility for materials development, prototyping and full-scale testing. The platform stores electricity thermochemically and delivers combustion-free superheated air at temperatures up to 1,200°C, targeting heavy industries such as cement, chemicals and metals that have historically relied on fossil-fuel-based heat.

The company's thermochemical storage approach delivers a lower levelized cost of storage than lithium iron phosphate systems, making a switch from natural gas more economically viable for industrial operators. Backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Prelude Ventures, Tempo is also finalizing gigawatt-scale production partnerships for later this year.

Tempo shows how purpose-built thermal energy storage technologies are helping make industrial electrification a more commercially viable option for hard-to-abate sectors.

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