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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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Two Essays on Climate Investment—And What They Overlook
Two different points of view on climate investment. Both wrong.
Emin Askerov
Jul 152 min read


Opportunity costs of climate technologies. It's not what you think.
Why pay more to achieve less? Really, why? Yet, you see this everywhere in climatetech. How come? A reduction in man-made CO2 emissions...
Emin Askerov
Jun 301 min read


Make Transformers (Even) More Boring
The humble transformer is at the heart of the electric grid. And for decades, it’s been a tailor-made marvel. Engineers loved the craft,...
Emin Askerov
Jun 182 min read


FOAK no more. Three takeaways from the US climate rollback
Don’t play with the government. That’s a rule my father taught me. He built his business in the 90s and early 2000s in Russia. He knew...
Emin Askerov
May 272 min read


Mastering the FOAK Journey: A Practitioner’s Guide to Scaling Cleantech
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
Emin Askerov
May 14 min read


The Middle East BESS market- where I was wrong
Two things I got wrong about Saudi Arabia BESS market
Emin Askerov
Apr 12 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 278 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 203 min read


𝗡𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜, 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲
The last weekend of 2024 long-read on AI and Energy
Emin Askerov
Dec 27, 20242 min read


𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟬𝘅 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲
Why should you avoid Green Premium and look for 10x value?
Emin Askerov
Dec 25, 20242 min read


⚡️ 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼’𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆?
Crypto's Energy Hunger: Problem or Opportunity?
Emin Askerov
Nov 22, 20242 min read


When Money is the Easy Part
$𝟭𝟮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿? $𝟯 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 $𝟭 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁ion
Emin Askerov
Nov 21, 20243 min read


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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