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Attn:	Jennifer Angelini
	Jay Ingram
	Division of Corporation Finance
	Office of Manufacturing

Re:	Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 on Form S-3
	Filed May 22, 2023
	File No. 333-262720

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of our client, Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), we submit this letter setting forth the responses of the Company to the comments provided by the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in its comment letter dated May 31, 2023 (the “Comment Letter”) with respect to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 on Form S-3 filed with the Commission by the Company on May 22, 2023. Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company has filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”).

For your convenience, we have the comment of the Staff from the Comment Letter in bold and italics below and provided our response below the comment. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.

General

1. Please update information regarding share ownership and outstanding shares as of April 7, 2023, to reflect information as of the most recent practicable date.

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comments and has revised the disclosure on pages 10 to 14.

June 2, 2023

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2. We note that the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 relates to 71,202,366 resale shares, while your registration statement registers 72,651,205 resale shares. Please file a legal opinion covering all the shares being registered. In addition, please revise the legal matters section of your registration statement to reflect that the opinion covers both shares and private warrants.

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comments and has revised the disclosure on page 19 and included a revised opinion of counsel as Exhibit 5.1.

Exhibits

3. Please include the filing fee table required to be filed as Exhibit 107 by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, or advise.

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comments and has filed the filing fee table required to be filed as Exhibit 107 by Item 601 of Regulation S-K reflecting the filing fee paid in connection with the initial S-1, updated to disclose that the fee has been preivously paid.

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June 2, 2023

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We hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staff’s comments and look forward to resolving any outstanding issues as quickly as possible. Please direct any questions or comments regarding the foregoing to me at (737) 910-7342.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Samuel Rettew

Samuel Rettew

of LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

cc:         Robert Piconi, Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.