 Hi, my name is Dan Sambore and I'm a second-year master's student in the Atmosphere and Energy program at Stanford. My research focuses on how to design renewable microgrids quickly and more accurately so we can bring clean, reliable, and affordable electricity to remote areas of the globe. Here at Half Moon Bay, I plan to design and build a microgrid to move my research into practice so we can learn firsthand how to provide renewable energy to those who need it most. First, in order to design renewable energy systems, you need to know the resource available. Thus, I have built a weather tower to record wind speed and solar radiation. However, while accurate, collecting enough data takes time and only one specific location is measured with a met tower. Thus, part of my research also includes innovative resource analysis methods such as using drones to determine resource potential at various points in the site quickly and cheaply. Next, the optimal energy technologies must be designed to harvest the resource and meet the load at the site. This requires tailoring the technologies to fit the topography, demand, and regulations at the location. For example, here in Half Moon Bay, we will not be able to put up a large conventional wind turbine due to potential visual sites from scenic Highway 1. Thus, I'm working with John DeBerry to install vertical access wind systems at the site that take advantage of the abundant wind resource within a smaller size and profile. Overall, by employing new design methods, analyzing innovative renewable technologies, and integrating them in an optimized way, I hope to improve the entire microgrid value chain one step at a time. We believe that everybody in the world should have a right to clean, safe, and reliable electricity.