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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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The Battery Industryโs Next Phase: Boom, Overcapacity, and a Coming Bloodbath? ๐โก
What will be the next phase for the battery industry: boom, or bust?
Emin Askerov
Mar 12, 20251 min read
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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 6, 20251 min read
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๐ฐ๐ทBack in Korea: Scaling Batteries with JR Energy Solution๐
Batteries have brought me to Korea once again. The last time I was here was just before the COVID lockdown, and now, Iโm backโthis time...
Emin Askerov
Mar 3, 20252 min read
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Revolutionary Change or Extinction
No sugarcoating. No diplomatic cushioning. Just a stark reality check.
Emin Askerov
Feb 11, 20252 min read
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Why Are Western Battery Startups Failing? ๐ชซ
Investor's pressure to go big might have had a hand in it.
Emin Askerov
Feb 10, 20252 min read
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๐ Battery Startups, Letโs Get to the Point!
Battery startup descriptions don't make sense!
Emin Askerov
Feb 7, 20252 min read
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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 6, 20253 min read
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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
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๐๏ธ 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
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๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ
Observations from the second week of meeting EU battery players
Emin Askerov
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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๐ EU Battery Scene Odyssey, Part 1
This week, Iโve been crisscrossing Europe, meeting with battery industry players
Emin Askerov
Dec 6, 20241 min read
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๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐?
Northvoltโs stumble is not a death knell; itโs a wake-up call.
Emin Askerov
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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๐ AI Meets Manufacturing ๐ค๐
AI and lithium-ion electrode manufacturing
Emin Askerov
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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๐๐ฅ 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
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๐ Halloween Horror Story: The Rise and Fall of Redflow ๐ป
How a flow-battery maker, Redflow, met its untimely end.
Emin Askerov
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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๐ Ramping-Up Battery Production: Lessons from Fraunhoferโs Report
๐ Scaling Up Hardware? Fraunhoferโs Battery Ramp-Up Report Shows Just How Hard It Gets!
Emin Askerov
Oct 31, 20243 min read
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๐ ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐น๐น ๐ชซ
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
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๐ 4 Takeaways On Critical Materials in the Battery Supply Chain๐
Last month, IRENA quietly dropped a report on critical materials in the battery supply chainโyet I saw barely a blip about it on...
Emin Askerov
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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โธ๏ธHub-nโ-Spoke: An Alternative For The EU Battery Value Chain ๐
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐? ๐
Emin Askerov
Oct 24, 20243 min read
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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
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