The Vertical Space
The Vertical Space
Jim Barry, Peter Shannon & Luka Tomljenovic
#112 Lauren Flanagan, Sesame Solar: The fuel convoy is the target
1 hour 8 minutes Posted Jun 15, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Sesame Solar product
Demand signal for hydrogen drones
The hydrogen value prop
Diving into the numbers
Hydrogen drone market
Contested energy logistics
Competition
What is required to succeed
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In this episode we speak with Lauren Flanagan, CEO of Sesame Solar, which builds mobile nanogrids. The product is a self-contained unit that generates its own power from solar, batteries, and stored hydrogen, set up by one person in fifteen minutes. The company started in emergency response and extreme weather, and has moved increasingly into defense. The newer focus, and the one we spent most of the episode on, is using these nanogrids to refuel hydrogen drones in the field. Most of the conv...