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Emin Askerov
Cleantech FOAK Advisor
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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


The Three Missing Elephants in the EU Auto Industry Debate
New Allianz report on EU Auto Industry and its three missing elephants.
Emin Askerov
Feb 18, 20252 min read


🐝 Bees Against Honey: Should Climate Startups Exit to Big Oil?🍯
Do acquisitions of climate tech startups by Big Oil help or hinder energy transition?
Emin Askerov
Feb 17, 20252 min read
How many climate tech startups and VCs are frauds?
I have no idea. Still, the question has been popping up in my head now and again for the last year. Every time I see some “hydrogen...
Emin Askerov
Feb 14, 20252 min read


The 4-step Framework for Building a Demo Project
The 4-step Framework for Building a Demo Project: Your Critical Step Between Pilot and FOAK
Emin Askerov
Feb 13, 20258 min read


Europe’s Auto Industry: Time for a Rethink, Not a Rescue
What to do wıth Europe's auto industry?
Emin Askerov
Feb 12, 20252 min read


Revolutionary Change or Extinction
No sugarcoating. No diplomatic cushioning. Just a stark reality check.
Emin Askerov
Feb 11, 20252 min read


Why Are Western Battery Startups Failing? 🪫
Investor's pressure to go big might have had a hand in it.
Emin Askerov
Feb 10, 20252 min read


🔋 Battery Startups, Let’s Get to the Point!
Battery startup descriptions don't make sense!
Emin Askerov
Feb 7, 20252 min read
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