A developed energy management strategy for a stand-alone hybrid power system for medium rural health building

This paper deals with load side management strategy for (photovoltaic-wind-diesel) hybrid system for medium rural health building located in the Sahara region. The paper presents an overview about geographic and climate data of the location and develops a typical load profile of electrical energy, depending on a real investigation of daily electricity consumption. The base of the proposed management strategy is the control of the air conditioning system and the non-critical lighting of the building as they consume more than 50% of the total power consumption. The result shows that the reduction in the peak consumption is about 20% using the proposed management strategy, which has significant economical, technical, and environmental benefits. Copyright (C) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.