Energy Intake of a PV System from Grid-connected Agricultural Farm in CHLEF (ALGERIA)

Agricultural activity needs electricity and oil products. Given the economic and ecological problems, there is a need to resort to the use of renewable energies which are free and non-polluting and efficient equipments that consume less electricity in farms. In this sense, this study focuses on reducing both types of energy consumption in the farms whose activities are based mainly on animal farming and irrigation by feeding from a grid-connected system using a PV generator and power grid. All devices used in the studied agricultural farm and the all agricultural activities practiced in this agricultural farm such as irrigation, livestock and conservation of farming products in the summer, has guided our choice for this pilot farm. From this point of view, this case can be generalized for northern Algeria farms and for worldwide sites witch have the same sunning conditions. Thus, the ultimate objective is to make power generating farms in Chlef (Algeria). (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the TerraGreen Academy