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Emin Askerov
23 hours ago1 min read
FOAK and EPC: Yes or No?
When scaling from Demo to FOAK, one of the biggest decisions is whether to hire an EPC company or manage the build yourself
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Emin Askerov
2 days ago4 min read
FOAK Management - Simplifying the Chaos
Here is your 5-step framework to simplify your FOAK management structure.
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Emin Askerov
3 days ago1 min read
The Battery Industry’s Next Phase: Boom, Overcapacity, and a Coming Bloodbath? 🔋⚡
What will be the next phase for the battery industry: boom, or bust?
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Emin Askerov
4 days ago1 min read
Heat Pumps: Narrowing the Spark Spread
How long does it take to get payback on a heat pump?
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Emin Askerov
5 days ago2 min read
Scale-Up Killers: How Supply Chain Chaos Can Sink a Startup
In 2020, I was scrambling to get chips for our battery modules . Lead times had jumped from 2-3 months to over 9 months . Chipmakers...
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Emin Askerov
Mar 61 min read
InterBattery Korea
If you want to understand the global battery industry, you had to be in Seoul this week. Here is why.
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Emin Askerov
Mar 64 min read
Power and Progress: Does Technology Benefit All By Default?
the most cyberpunk thing I’ve read this year wasn’t fiction—it was a book by Nobel Prize winning MIT economists
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Emin Askerov
Mar 32 min read
How Long Should Your Off-Take Be?
This week, I go briefly into the key factors behind determining the term of your off-take
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Emin Askerov
Mar 32 min read
🇰🇷Back in Korea: Scaling Batteries with JR Energy Solution📈
Batteries have brought me to Korea once again. The last time I was here was just before the COVID lockdown, and now, I’m back—this time...
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Emin Askerov
Feb 282 min read
Europe’s Cleantech Reality Check: The Good, The Bad, and The Missing Pieces
Review of Breakthrough Energy and Cleantech for Europe report on the state of European manufacturing competitiveness
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Emin Askerov
Feb 278 min read
Negotiating Price in the Off-Take
In any type of off-take, price will be the central point of negotiations. There are many pricing options available - fixed, floating,...
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Emin Askerov
Feb 252 min read
Three Steps to Building a FOAK
Your First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) project is where your climate tech startup is a startup no more. Investors, customers, and even your own team...
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Emin Askerov
Feb 203 min read
US Climate Policy: Chaos or Strategy?
Insights on the US climate policy from DC insiders and my thoughts on why this strangely resembles Russia.
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Emin Askerov
Feb 182 min read
The Three Missing Elephants in the EU Auto Industry Debate
New Allianz report on EU Auto Industry and its three missing elephants.
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Emin Askerov
Feb 172 min read
🐝 Bees Against Honey: Should Climate Startups Exit to Big Oil?🍯
Do acquisitions of climate tech startups by Big Oil help or hinder energy transition?
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Emin Askerov
Feb 142 min read
How many climate tech startups and VCs are frauds?
I have no idea. Still, the question has been popping up in my head now and again for the last year. Every time I see some “hydrogen...
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Emin Askerov
Feb 138 min read
The 4-step Framework for Building a Demo Project
The 4-step Framework for Building a Demo Project: Your Critical Step Between Pilot and FOAK
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Emin Askerov
Feb 122 min read
Europe’s Auto Industry: Time for a Rethink, Not a Rescue
What to do wıth Europe's auto industry?
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Emin Askerov
Feb 112 min read
Revolutionary Change or Extinction
No sugarcoating. No diplomatic cushioning. Just a stark reality check.
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Emin Askerov
Feb 102 min read
Why Are Western Battery Startups Failing? 🪫
Investor's pressure to go big might have had a hand in it.
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