The lessons of Natron Energy collapse

In the end, it had to be a political decision. After half a year of sifting through more than twenty locations and countless meetings...

Alternative business model for a battery factory

How can you hype up, raise investments, burn the money, and do it all again? I have no idea, but life proves that it is possible, again and again.

This year, the mood at the Smarter E Europe expo in Munich is different. With many EU battery startups going under, the only way to survive is to find the right partner from Asia.

We don’t have a cleantech innovation problem — we have a FOAK execution problem. Over the past year, I’ve been building something I wish I had when I started scaling my first climate tech venture: a practical, experience-based framework for getting First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) projects off the ground. In my latest article, I’ve pulled together my 50+ posts into a structured overview that maps the FOAK journey—from the moment you decide to leave the lab to the day your NOAKs are r

What will be the next phase for the battery industry: boom, or bust?

If you want to understand the global battery industry, you had to be in Seoul this week. Here is why.

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...

What to do wıth Europe's auto industry?

Investor's pressure to go big might have had a hand in it.

A 3-step framework for scaling-up to FOAK

Why do you need a Chief Production Officer in your startup?

Main FOAK risks

You have to choose between your ego and your fees. This was a phrase I heard while listening to the Redefining Energy podcast episode...

As 2024 wraps up, it’s time to reflect on a year that was anything but dull for the climate tech world. A buzzword dominated this year—...

This week, I listened to two excellent podcasts dissecting the saga of Northvolt

Observations from the second week of meeting EU battery players

Northvolt’s stumble is not a death knell; it’s a wake-up call.

You need data to optimize production, but production has to be running to generate that data.