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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
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
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 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 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
Jan 221 min read
🚗 Not All EV Startups Fail: The TOGG Success Story
Turkey's EV startup is ramping up sales.
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Emin Askerov
Dec 20, 20242 min read
GigaEgo or Gigafactory?
You have to choose between your ego and your fees. This was a phrase I heard while listening to the Redefining Energy podcast episode...
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Emin Askerov
Dec 18, 20242 min read
🎙️ Bulldoze or Make? The Two Podcasts On Northvolt
This week, I listened to two excellent podcasts dissecting the saga of Northvolt
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Emin Askerov
Dec 17, 20242 min read
🔋 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗱𝘆𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮
Observations from the second week of meeting EU battery players
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Emin Askerov
Dec 6, 20241 min read
🔋 EU Battery Scene Odyssey, Part 1
This week, I’ve been crisscrossing Europe, meeting with battery industry players
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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 7, 20243 min read
Why Europe’s Legacy Automakers Are Stuck in Reverse as EVs Accelerate
As VW shuts down factories and Chinese EVs flood the market, it’s clear that Europe’s legacy automakers are feeling the pressure
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Emin Askerov
Nov 5, 20242 min read
🐔🥚 The Battery Digitalization Chicken-and-Egg Problem
You need data to optimize production, but production has to be running to generate that data.
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Emin Askerov
Oct 31, 20243 min read
🚀 Ramping-Up Battery Production: Lessons from Fraunhofer’s Report
🚀 Scaling Up Hardware? Fraunhofer’s Battery Ramp-Up Report Shows Just How Hard It Gets!
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Emin Askerov
Oct 30, 20241 min read
💡 Extending Nuclear’s Lifespan: An Investment Opportunity for the Energy Transition
What’s the most cost-effective way to decarbonize the grid? Surprisingly, it’s long-term operation (LTO) of existing nuclear power...
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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 22, 20241 min read
𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝘀𝘁: 𝗘𝗩𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻 ⚡💥
The grid-operator model of EV-charging holds true for now.
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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
Oct 11, 20243 min read
EU Battery Industry: The New Hope
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...the EU embarked on a mission to break free from the grip of battery giants.
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