EnerVenue
EnerVenue is commercializing energy storage systems designed to behave like infrastructure, prioritizing endurance, safety, and lifecycle economics over short-term optimization. The company’s systems enable continuous, reliable power for the energy transition, grid resilience, and the demands of AI-driven energy systems.www.enervenue.com
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Oct 6, 2026
Peter NavarroGUEST
Uh, it, it, uh, popped yesterday.
Peter NavarroGUEST
Um, company called Ener-, uh, EnerVenue, okay? Uh, [laughs] taxpayers twi- paid twice for this battery technology, which is really innovative.
Peter NavarroGUEST
The batteries don't catch fire 'cause they don't have lithium in them, and they last for a very long time.
Peter NavarroGUEST
And we were supposed to produce them in Kentucky based on their American taxpayer funding for the research, and the company pulled a fast one on us and went to China, and they opened up, uh, in, in Changzhou, which is the kinda center of the whole Chinese mercantilist predatory dumping practices to capture the battery industry worldwide.
Peter NavarroGUEST
Uh, it, it, uh, popped yesterday.
Peter NavarroGUEST
Um, company called Ener-, uh, EnerVenue, okay? Uh, [laughs] taxpayers twi- paid twice for this battery technology, which is really innovative.
Peter NavarroGUEST
The batteries don't catch fire 'cause they don't have lithium in them, and they last for a very long time.
Peter NavarroGUEST
And we were supposed to produce them in Kentucky based on their American taxpayer funding for the research, and the company pulled a fast one on us and went to China.
Peter NavarroHOST
Translation, get the technology into Chinese factories, digest it into Chinese supply chains, absorb every production technique it takes to make it, and then re-innovate, turn the West's product into a Chinese one, better and cheaper, often with the help of more theft.
Peter NavarroHOST
So with InterVenue, The patents can stay in Fremont, California, where EnerVenue has its American corporate office.
Peter NavarroHOST
But the process, how you actually make a nickel hydrogen cell at scale, was built by Changzhou engineers on a Changzhou floor.
Peter NavarroHOST
By the company's own account, every machine on the high-volume line was engineered and validated on EnerVenue's R&D line six kilometers away.
Peter NavarroHOST
nearly four miles from the Chongzhou plant, not California, not Kentucky.
Peter NavarroHOST
And speaking of Kentucky, the first enter venue factory for this American taxpayer funded technology was supposed to be in Shelbyville.
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If you want one story that holds the whole argument, use this one.
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Enervenue is an American battery startup built on Stanford research, a nickel hydrogen chemistry with roots in NASA hardware.
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In 2023, it announced a $264 million first factory in Kentucky.
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It dropped that plan and in 2026 opened its first plant in Changzhou, China instead.
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The expansion comes as energy storage developers face increasingly complex decisions about battery lifespan, fire protection, maintenance requirements, and the total cost of ownership.
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Rather than competing exclusively on initial equipment costs, EnerVenue is positioning nickel hydrogen batteries as a long-term infrastructure investment.
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Its technology is designed to deliver up to 30,000 charge cycles over a 30-year operating life.
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Those specifications could have financial implications for facilities that charge and discharge batteries frequently, although commercial performance and lifetime economics will require validation under actual operating conditions.