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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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Middle East: A Hot Market for BESS or Just Hot Air?
Is the Middle East really the next big thing for battery storage—or just another mirage?
Emin Askerov
Mar 27, 20252 min read


When will heat pumps have their solar moment?
What are the key drivers of heat pump market growth?
Emin Askerov
Mar 26, 20252 min read


💸 Why (most) climate tech startups don’t deliver 10x returns
Data shows that 10x returns are extremely rare in the climate tech
Emin Askerov
Mar 25, 20251 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 20, 20252 min read


What will happen to Cleantech in 2025?
What are the main challenges to NetZero in 2025?
Emin Askerov
Mar 19, 20251 min read


EPC for Your FOAK: Make or Break Decision
How to chose and EPC for your FOAK
Emin Askerov
Mar 18, 20252 min read


FOAK Expertise: The Missing Piece in Climate Scale-Up
Where do you get FOAK Expertise? From FOAK advisors, who have done a FOAK before. Meet the new branch of cleantech ecosystem - the FOAK assi
Emin Askerov
Mar 17, 20251 min read


FOAK and EPC: Yes or No?
When scaling from Demo to FOAK, one of the biggest decisions is whether to hire an EPC company or manage the build yourself
Emin Askerov
Mar 14, 20251 min read


FOAK Management - Simplifying the Chaos
Here is your 5-step framework to simplify your FOAK management structure.
Emin Askerov
Mar 13, 20254 min read


The Battery Industry’s Next Phase: Boom, Overcapacity, and a Coming Bloodbath? 🔋⚡
What will be the next phase for the battery industry: boom, or bust?
Emin Askerov
Mar 12, 20251 min read


Heat Pumps: Narrowing the Spark Spread
How long does it take to get payback on a heat pump?
Emin Askerov
Mar 11, 20251 min read


Scale-Up Killers: How Supply Chain Chaos Can Sink a Startup
In 2020, I was scrambling to get chips for our battery modules . Lead times had jumped from 2-3 months to over 9 months . Chipmakers...
Emin Askerov
Mar 10, 20252 min read


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


Power and Progress: Does Technology Benefit All By Default?
the most cyberpunk thing I’ve read this year wasn’t fiction—it was a book by Nobel Prize winning MIT economists
Emin Askerov
Mar 6, 20254 min read


How Long Should Your Off-Take Be?
This week, I go briefly into the key factors behind determining the term of your off-take
Emin Askerov
Mar 3, 20252 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 3, 20252 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 28, 20252 min read


Negotiating Price in the Off-Take
In any type of off-take, price will be the central point of negotiations. There are many pricing options available - fixed, floating,...
Emin Askerov
Feb 27, 20258 min read


Three Steps to Building a FOAK
Your First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) project is where your climate tech startup is a startup no more. Investors, customers, and even your own team...
Emin Askerov
Feb 25, 20252 min read


US Climate Policy: Chaos or Strategy?
Insights on the US climate policy from DC insiders and my thoughts on why this strangely resembles Russia.
Emin Askerov
Feb 20, 20253 min read
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