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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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๐ Solarpunk: A Manifesto for a Better Future
Iโve just picked up my New Year readโa collection of solarpunk short stories. If youโre wondering, what is solarpunk, and why does it...
Emin Askerov
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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๐ Climate Change vs. AI: Who Wins the Bookshelf Battle?
If the magnitude of a problem is reflected by the books written about it, which would win?
Emin Askerov
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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๐ผ What Does a Chief Sustainability Officer Actually Do?
Running a lithium-ion battery manufacturing company made me question whether we needed a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO). I couldnโt...
Emin Askerov
Dec 4, 20243 min read
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๐ก ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ? ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป.
Hydrogen is like real estate, there are three main criteria for project success: location, location, and location.
Emin Askerov
Nov 27, 20242 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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โก๏ธ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ผโ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐?
Crypto's Energy Hunger: Problem or Opportunity?
Emin Askerov
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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When Money is the Easy Part
$๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป/๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ? $๐ฏ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ $๐ญ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ion
Emin Askerov
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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๐ Investing in the Era of Climate Change: A Book Review ๐
How Much to Solve Climate Change? $150 Trillion and Counting
Emin Askerov
Nov 14, 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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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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Can Europe Catch Up in the EV Race?
McKinseyโs New Report Says Itโll Cost a Pretty Penny. ๐ถ๐ย
Emin Askerov
Oct 21, 20242 min read
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Whatโs Going On in the Dutch Battery Industry?
Unlike some of their European counterparts, the Netherlands hasnโt been making waves in the battery headlines. But donโt let that fool you.
Emin Askerov
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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A Near 100% Renewable Grid Use Case โก๐
Australia can now run its grid on close to 100% renewables. What are the takeaways for cleantech scaleups?
Emin Askerov
Sep 5, 20243 min read
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The 1% Question
What is the first question you need to ask a greentech scaleup?ย
Emin Askerov
Aug 14, 20241 min read
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Universal Hydrogen: A 20 Min Or $100M Lesson
22 minutes on YouTube could have saved investors $100M. Thatโs the harsh lesson from the rise and fall of Universal Hydrogen.
Emin Askerov
Aug 10, 20243 min read
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