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Emin Askerov
Dec 31, 20241 min read
🌞 Solarpunk: A Manifesto for a Better Future
I’ve just picked up my New Year read—a collection of solarpunk short stories. If you’re wondering, what is solarpunk, and why does it...
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Emin Askerov
Dec 9, 20241 min read
📚 Climate Change vs. AI: Who Wins the Bookshelf Battle?
If the magnitude of a problem is reflected by the books written about it, which would win?
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Emin Askerov
Dec 4, 20243 min read
💼 What Does a Chief Sustainability Officer Actually Do?
Running a lithium-ion battery manufacturing company made me question whether we needed a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO). I couldn’t...
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Emin Askerov
Nov 27, 20242 min read
💡 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲? 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻.
Hydrogen is like real estate, there are three main criteria for project success: location, location, and location.
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Emin Askerov
Nov 25, 20241 min read
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁?
Northvolt’s stumble is not a death knell; it’s a wake-up call.
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Emin Askerov
Nov 22, 20242 min read
⚡️ 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼’𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆?
Crypto's Energy Hunger: Problem or Opportunity?
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Emin Askerov
Nov 21, 20243 min read
When Money is the Easy Part
$𝟭𝟮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿? $𝟯 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 $𝟭 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁ion
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Emin Askerov
Nov 19, 20241 min read
🎉 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 👨🏼💻⚡
Why read my blog?
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Emin Askerov
Nov 14, 20243 min read
📚 Investing in the Era of Climate Change: A Book Review 🌍
How Much to Solve Climate Change? $150 Trillion and Counting
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Emin Askerov
Oct 29, 20242 min read
🔄 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗧𝗼 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹 🪫
Every waste management project hinges on a single, often-overlooked factor that can make or break it: the supply of waste. Circular...
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Emin Askerov
Oct 24, 20243 min read
☸️Hub-n’-Spoke: An Alternative For The EU Battery Value Chain 🔋
🔋 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? 🚀
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Emin Askerov
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Can Europe Catch Up in the EV Race?
McKinsey’s New Report Says It’ll Cost a Pretty Penny. 💶🚗
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Emin Askerov
Sep 30, 20241 min read
What’s Going On in the Dutch Battery Industry?
Unlike some of their European counterparts, the Netherlands hasn’t been making waves in the battery headlines. But don’t let that fool you.
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Emin Askerov
Sep 5, 20243 min read
A Near 100% Renewable Grid Use Case ⚡🌍
Australia can now run its grid on close to 100% renewables. What are the takeaways for cleantech scaleups?
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Emin Askerov
Aug 14, 20241 min read
The 1% Question
What is the first question you need to ask a greentech scaleup?
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Emin Askerov
Aug 10, 20243 min read
Universal Hydrogen: A 20 Min Or $100M Lesson
22 minutes on YouTube could have saved investors $100M. That’s the harsh lesson from the rise and fall of Universal Hydrogen.
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