Enervenue’s Metal-Hydrogen Batteries Added to Dominion Energy’s Long-Duration Storage Pilot, Promising Enhanced Durability and Safety.

Enervenue’s metal-hydrogen battery technology has been added to Dominion Energy’s long-duration energy storage pilot roster. The company’s battery technology is based on nickel and hydrogen, and is designed to perform around 30,000 cycles of charging and discharging before it needs replacement. It claims to be between three and five times more durable than lithium-ion battery technology and is fire-safe. Enervenue, led by CEO Jorg Heinemann, is building a factory complex in Kentucky and has multiple gigawatt-hours of already-booked customer orders for deliveries beginning in 2025. The pilot project was proposed to the regulatory Virginia State Corporation Commission in September, when Dominion also proposed pilots for two other non-lithium technologies: zinc hybrid cathode batteries by Eos Energy Enterprises and Form Energy’s iron-air batteries.