Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Medical Supply Chains

Abstract: Medical supply chains play a critical role in ensuring the availability of medicines, vaccines, blood samples, and emergency healthcare equipment. Continuous power supply is essential for maintaining cold storage systems, transportation monitoring, and healthcare logistics operations. Conventional energy sources are associated with high operational costs, fuel dependency, and environmental pollution. To overcome these limitations, this paper proposes a Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES) for medical supply chains integrating solar energy, wind energy, battery storage, and IoT-based monitoring.

The proposed system aims to provide uninterrupted and sustainable energy for medical storage units, vaccine refrigeration systems, and transportation hubs. Solar photovoltaic panels and wind turbines are used as primary renewable energy sources, while battery storage ensures continuous operation during power fluctuations or low renewable energy availability. IoT sensors are incorporated for real-time monitoring of temperature, humidity, battery condition, and energy consumption.

The proposed hybrid system improves energy efficiency, reduces operational costs, minimizes carbon emissions, and enhances the reliability of medical supply chain infrastructure. The system is particularly suitable for rural and remote healthcare centers where grid power availability is limited.

Keywords: Hybrid Renewable Energy System, Medical Supply Chain, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, IoT, Battery Storage, Sustainable Healthcare.