During the last few years, political support for renewable energies has been growing continuously both at the national and international levels. Algeria is perfectly placed to play a leading role in the lucrative future of solar and wind power energies. Nowadays a growing number of people in the south of Algeria are using renewable energy to irrigate their land, light their houses pump well water and then improve their lives. Off-grid hybrid energy systems (HES) have become more cost-effective and reliable than single-source systems for the electrification of rural areas. This paper presents a technical and economic analysis of a wind/PV hybrid system for a 40 rural houses in the site of Southern Algeria (Adrar). From economic analysis, it was found that wind/PV hybrid system’s unit cost of electrical energy in Adrar with 12% yearly discount is 0.6 $/kWh. The results show that the wind/PV hybrid system is the most suitable solution for such application. They also demonstrate that this combination (wind and PV) generate a considerable amounts of energy all while being very cost effective.

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