Assess students' ability to apply load forecasting, component sizing, and economic analysis to design a small solar-plus-battery microgrid for a remote community: estimate peak and daily energy from provided demand profiles, size PV array, battery capacity, and inverter to meet a specified reliability/autonomy target while accounting for system losses and derating, calculate LCOE and payback/NPV over project lifetime, perform a basic sensitivity analysis (insolation, load growth), and justify design trade-offs with clear assumptions and calculations.