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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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The defence sector might drive e-fuels just as it drove solar
The military has always been the earliest adopter of new tech.
Dirk Singer noted that today it’s also one of the biggest investors in e-fuels — not for climate goals, but for energy security.
Like solar panels in the 1990s, disruption often starts on the battlefield.
Emin Askerov
Oct 61 min read


Bridging the FOAK finance gap: IPO before VC
They IPO’d before raising VC. Here’s why that was genius. ATOME Energy didn’t follow the usual startup playbook. No pre-seed. No seed. No...
Emin Askerov
Jun 21 min read


Fertilizers emit more CO₂ than planes and ships combined. And nobody talks about it.
Hear Olivier Mussat, the CEO and founder of ATOME, about the role of fertilizers.
Emin Askerov
May 261 min read


Hydrogen planes: The new Concorde, minus the takeoff
Airbus just quietly moved the launch of its hydrogen-powered plane from 2035 to 2045. In corporate speak, that’s not a delay—it’s a...
Emin Askerov
Apr 251 min read


Scaling Cleantech: Learn from Green Hydrogen’s Business Case Failure
Green hydrogen was supposed to be the next big thing—but where’s the business case?
Emin Askerov
Mar 202 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
Emin Askerov
Feb 282 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.
Emin Askerov
Nov 27, 20242 min read


Energy Transition By 2030 And What Hydrogen Has To Do With It?
The Fourth Energy Transition looks certain to be accomplished by the end of this decade.
Emin Askerov
Oct 16, 20241 min read


Hooked on Hopium: The Hydrogen Hype Is Real
“How much is the hopium for the people?” Paraphrasing Ostap Bender from the “Golden Calph”, a satirical novel by Ilf and Petrov, about a...
Emin Askerov
Sep 21, 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...
Emin Askerov
Aug 23, 20241 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.
Emin Askerov
Aug 10, 20243 min read


The Hydrogen Tsunami: What will be left after it passes?
How do you identify the next promising technology? One way to do it is to throw a lot of money (preferably other peoples’ money) at all...
Emin Askerov
Mar 30, 20243 min read


Hydrogen in power generation
What are the perspectives of #hydrogen for #powergeneration? If you are a growth investor in #greentech and #cleantech, should you consider
Emin Askerov
Feb 13, 20243 min read


Hydrogen vs. CCS: Navigating the Future of Steel Decarbonization
Let's delve into a topic that's gaining traction in the energy sector: the burgeoning role of hydrogen. It's akin to a modern-day gold...
Emin Askerov
Jan 18, 20242 min read
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