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Ann Arbor’s Sesame Solar Mobile Nanogrid is helping the city blend education, resilience, and preparedness into everyday community life.

Sesame Solar has won the Gold Stevie® Award for Company of the Year – Energy (Small) at the 2025 International Business Awards, honoring its groundbreaking Mobile Nanogrid technology and global impact.

In an interview on The Wisdom Of… Show with Simon Bowen, Lauren Flanagan, CEO of Sesame Solar, reveals how renewable mobile nanogrids are reshaping disaster response and climate resilience.

States across the U.S. are responding to the rising threat of extreme heat by launching resilience grant programs, investing in green infrastructure, and supporting community-based cooling strategies.

Sesame Solar’s mobile nanogrids are delivering fast, clean, and reliable energy across sectors—from disaster recovery and tribal sovereignty to universities, telecoms, and utilities—empowering a more resilient future.

Sesame Solar’s renewable-powered Mobile Nanogrids provide life-saving, off-grid energy solutions that help communities adapt to and recover from devastating weather events like the recent flood in Texas.

Sesame Solar has been named one of the Top 100 global resilience startups in the 2025 QBE AcceliCITY Challenge, selected from over 820 applicants across 71 countries. This recognition highlights the potential of our Mobile Nanogrids to strengthen climate resilience and energy access in cities around the world.

Discover why diesel generators fall short in disasters and explore cleaner, more resilient mobile power solutions for effective emergency response and recovery.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Clean Hydrogen Strategy outlines hydrogen’s critical role in achieving a net-zero emissions economy by 2050. Sesame Solar’s mobile nanogrids—powered by solar, green hydrogen, and battery storage—offer a ready-made, scalable solution for clean, off-grid energy.