Sesame Solar July 2026 Newsletter
From 1980 to 2025, 190 Atlantic tropical cyclones experienced an increase in maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph to 58 mph. As hurricanes continue to intensify, our aging utility grid is increasingly vulnerable, making emergency preparedness for power and communications continuity more critical than ever. The question isn't if our communities will face more extreme weather—it's how we prepare for it.
On March 19, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order, "Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness," underscoring the shift toward localized, rather than federally-driven, investments in resilience and disaster response.
Sesame Solar is here for you! We're proud to be part of a solution that is custom-made for your community—from Mobile Nanogrid configurations to funding opportunities.
Check out more below to see how renewable, self-sustaining power keeps response and recovery efforts effective, resilient, and ready for whatever comes next.
Team Sesame
Is Your Community Prepared for a Power Outage?
Power outages are no longer rare disruptions—they're becoming an expected part of life as extreme weather and aging infrastructure put increasing strain on the electric grid. For communities, businesses and emergency responders, the ability to maintain power during an outage is critical to protecting lives, ensuring public safety and keeping essential services running. In this article we explore why energy resilience has become a top priority and how innovative off-grid power solutions are helping communities prepare for the next emergency.
Emergency Power for Medical Refrigeration, Communications and Critical Healthcare Loads
When the power goes out, healthcare can't. From vaccines and medications to blood supplies and laboratory samples, medical refrigeration is essential to patient care and public health. Yet during hurricanes, wildfires and other emergencies, grid outages can quickly put these critical resources at risk. In this article we explore why reliable emergency power is vital for medical refrigeration and how resilient, off-grid energy solutions can help healthcare facilities maintain uninterrupted operations when every second counts.
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Climate Reporting Resources: 2026 Hurricane Season
Climate Central explores the connection between extreme weather and hurricane risks, highlighting why communities, emergency responders and organizations must plan ahead to protect lives, maintain essential operations and recover faster after severe weather events.
How the Strait of Hormuz Standoff Flipped the Energy Security Debate
CNBC explores how the rising tensions in the Middle East are impacting oil and gas markets around the world. As nations seek greater energy independence and resilience, the transition toward renewable energy and decentralized power solutions is gaining urgency.
Sesame Solar's Demo Nanogrid is Coming to Florida!
Join your fellow cities, counties and emergency response departments in Florida who are learning how a mobile, self-generating power solution can support emergency response operations, disaster recovery and continuity of operations.
Email us at TeamSesame@sesame.solar if you're interested in a demonstration.
Sesame Solar: The Fuel Convoy is the Target
Fuel supply chains are becoming a growing vulnerability in modern defense and emergency operations. In contested environments, transporting fuel can put personnel, equipment and missions at risk. The Vertical Space talks to Sesame Solar CEO and Co-founder, Lauren Flanagan, about why the future of resilient energy may depend on generating power closer to where it is needed—and how mobile, self-generating energy systems can reduce reliance on vulnerable fuel convoys.
Ann Arbor’s Sesame Solar-powered mobile resilience unit now has a community-chosen name: The ARBOR. Designed as a self-sustaining solar, hydrogen, and battery-powered unit, The ARBOR is helping the city bring clean energy, shade, education, and resilience resources directly to residents.
Off-Grid Mobile Nanogrids: The Energy Resilience Solution for Essential Services in an Extreme Weather Future
Download Sesame Solar’s White Paper to:
- Learn about several essential service and emergency response scenarios served by Sesame Solar's Mobile Nanogrids.
- Discover the distributed energy resources (DERs) that can combine to create a closed-loop Nanogrid that delivers clean, self-generating, reliable power 24/7.
- Understand the many benefits these systems deliver for customers.
- Read about cases in which Mobile Nanogrids have already served emergency responders and essential services in the wake of extreme weather.
