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Emin Askerov
Cleantech FOAK Advisor
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๐ฅ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐-๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ธ
There are three things to keep in mind when going for series B.
Emin Askerov
Nov 20, 20242 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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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 ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Why is free public transport economically and environmentally better?
Emin Askerov
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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Why Europeโs Legacy Automakers Are Stuck in Reverse as EVs Accelerate
As VW shuts down factories and Chinese EVs flood the market, itโs clear that Europeโs legacy automakers are feeling the pressure
Emin Askerov
Nov 7, 20243 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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๐ง Decommissioning: The Nuclear Marketโs Next Billion-Dollar Boom
What are the investment hot spots in nuclear decommissioning?
Emin Askerov
Nov 4, 20241 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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๐ก Extending Nuclearโs Lifespan: An Investment Opportunity for the Energy Transition
Whatโs the most cost-effective way to decarbonize the grid? Surprisingly, itโs long-term operation (LTO) of existing nuclear power...
Emin Askerov
Oct 30, 20241 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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๐จ๐ผโ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ โ๏ธ
Reality-check for the latest rush for Small Modular Reactors
Emin Askerov
Oct 25, 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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๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ฉ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป โก๐ฅ
The grid-operator model of EV-charging holds true for now.
Emin Askerov
Oct 22, 20241 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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The Broken Hearts Club Invitation
Letโs Talk About the Cost of Success Of Startups!
Emin Askerov
Oct 18, 20241 min read
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MOU - Your First Step To Offtake
Youโve got your foot in the door with an NDA, but how do you keep momentum going on the way to an offtake? Donโt rush it! Start with an MOU!
Emin Askerov
Oct 17, 20243 min read
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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
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