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Emin Askerov
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Cleantech Scaleup? Here's Your Real Problem
Cleantech Scaleup? Here's Your Real Problem, And Two Things To Do About It.
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Emin Askerov
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Long-Term Energy Storage is Getting Crowded
What does it mean for scaleups? With lithium-ion batteries locking down short-term storage, investors are now flooding the long-duration...
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Emin Askerov
Sep 7, 20241 min read
💡 Is Nuclear Better Than Renewables for Decarbonization? That’s the Wrong Question 🌍
Is Nuclear Better Than Renewables for Decarbonization? That’s the Wrong Question. Here is why.
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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
Sep 4, 20241 min read
What do VCs get wrong in Cleantech?
🎙️ Reflecting on the Latest Climate Insiders Podcast with Nadav Steinmitz 🌍
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Emin Askerov
Sep 2, 20243 min read
Pitfalls of FOAK Capital Stack
Why do some scaleups sink while others sail smoothly? 🌊 Three main pitfalls can capsize your venture if you’re not careful.
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Emin Askerov
Aug 29, 20241 min read
Why Are Batteries Trailing Behind Renewables? 🔋🌞
Why Are Batteries Trailing Behind Renewables? 🔋🌞
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Emin Askerov
Aug 29, 20241 min read
Which Battery Tech Will Take the Crown? 🏆🔋
🏁The race is on! Gigafactory capacity is already big enough to meet all Net Zero targets—and there's more on the way. We’re seeing some...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 26, 20241 min read
The Battery Boom
The Battery Boom (no, not THAT one!): VC Funding Surges as Renewables Demand Grows
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Emin Askerov
Aug 23, 20241 min read
Hydrogen Zombies and Unicorns
CTVC is claiming that the hydrogen bubble is deflating, if not bursting. The reason - slowing investment growth and some startups going...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 22, 20243 min read
The Right Scale
How to determine the right scale for your FOAK manufacturing plant? Here is a step-by-step guide.
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Emin Askerov
Aug 20, 20241 min read
Navigating the Capital Stack: From Lab to NOAK
Who do you go to for the money and when? When you're scaling up from Lab to Nth-of-a-Kind (NOAK), understanding the capital stack is...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Slow and Steady Morrow’s March
Good news at last. But progress still slow. Morrow Batteries, founded in 2014, has finally opened its first 1 GWh factory after ten...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 16, 20242 min read
The Nuclear FOAK Lessons
What you can learn from First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) projects in nuclear? A lot, it appears.
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Emin Askerov
Aug 15, 20242 min read
Choosing a Road Beyond FOAK
Licensing, Buy-out or Project Finance?
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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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Emin Askerov
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Missing Skills
Investors think that hard tech climate scaleups lack generalist and financial expertise. While Founders agree only with the latter. Why?...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Dealing With Giants
Strategic investors can be a double-edged sword for greentech scaleups. Here’s what to look out for. ⌛️Never before there was such a...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 4, 20241 min read
The Art of Downtime
How much time do you need to rest? Two weeks? A day? A blink of an eye?
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