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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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InterBattery Korea
If you want to understand the global battery industry, you had to be in Seoul this week. Here is why.
Emin Askerov
Mar 61 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...
Emin Askerov
Mar 32 min read


Revolutionary Change or Extinction
No sugarcoating. No diplomatic cushioning. Just a stark reality check.
Emin Askerov
Feb 112 min read


Why Are Western Battery Startups Failing? 🪫
Investor's pressure to go big might have had a hand in it.
Emin Askerov
Feb 102 min read


🔋 Battery Startups, Let’s Get to the Point!
Battery startup descriptions don't make sense!
Emin Askerov
Feb 72 min read


Stationary Energy Storage: Which Business Models Will See Most Growth?
The stationary energy storage market tripled in 2023. But with the sector maturing fast, not every corner is ripe for VC-backed disruption
Emin Askerov
Feb 63 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...
Emin Askerov
Dec 20, 20242 min read


🎙️ Bulldoze or Make? The Two Podcasts On Northvolt
This week, I listened to two excellent podcasts dissecting the saga of Northvolt
Emin Askerov
Dec 18, 20242 min read


🔋 𝗘𝗨 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗱𝘆𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮
Observations from the second week of meeting EU battery players
Emin Askerov
Dec 17, 20242 min read


🔋 EU Battery Scene Odyssey, Part 1
This week, I’ve been crisscrossing Europe, meeting with battery industry players
Emin Askerov
Dec 6, 20241 min read


𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁?
Northvolt’s stumble is not a death knell; it’s a wake-up call.
Emin Askerov
Nov 25, 20241 min read


🎉 AI Meets Manufacturing 🤖🔋
AI and lithium-ion electrode manufacturing
Emin Askerov
Nov 18, 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.
Emin Askerov
Nov 5, 20242 min read


🎃 Halloween Horror Story: The Rise and Fall of Redflow 👻
How a flow-battery maker, Redflow, met its untimely end.
Emin Askerov
Nov 1, 20241 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!
Emin Askerov
Oct 31, 20243 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...
Emin Askerov
Oct 29, 20242 min read


🔋 4 Takeaways On Critical Materials in the Battery Supply Chain🔋
Last month, IRENA quietly dropped a report on critical materials in the battery supply chain—yet I saw barely a blip about it on...
Emin Askerov
Oct 28, 20241 min read


☸️Hub-n’-Spoke: An Alternative For The EU Battery Value Chain 🔋
🔋 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? 🚀
Emin Askerov
Oct 24, 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.
Emin Askerov
Oct 11, 20243 min read


Lessons From A Failed Gigafactory
What makes batteries so tough to crack? Here are lessons from 15 years ago, which still have a familiar ring today.
Emin Askerov
Oct 8, 20242 min read
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