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In this paper, optimal designing and energy management of hybrid photovoltaic/wind/fuel cell (PV/WT/FC) system is presented with cost of hybrid system life span (CHSLS) minimizing and considering loss of load interruption probability (LOLIP) for Recreational Center of Gonbad (RCOG), a remote area region in Iran country using actual irradiance and wind speed data of this region. A meta-heuristic improved sine–cosine algorithm (ISCA) is used based on nonlinearly decreasing inertia weight strategy (NDIWS) for improving global and local search of the conventional SCA to find the optimal combination of hybrid system. In designing problem the optimal size of hybrid system components is determined using ISCA considering CHLS and LOLIP to satisfy the RCOG load demand in most cost-effective way. The performance of the proposed ISCA is compared with conventional SCA and well-known PSO methods in different combinations and under LOLIP changing conditions. Simulation results showed that the ISCA finds easily the optimal combination as PV/WT/FC system with lower CHSLS and better LOLIP. Also WT/FC system is not economical due to high CHSLS for RCOG. The results demonstrated that the average cost of per kW RCOG load supply using the PV/WT/FC for maximum LOLIP of 1% is equal to 0.87$ and for maximum LOLIP of 5% is 0.76$. The results showed the contribution and management of PV, WT and fuel cell together as PV/WT/FC is made a reliable and cost-effective energy system to supply the remote area application like RCOG. Moreover superiority of the ISCA than the SCA and PSO is proved with better convergence speed and accuracy. Also, the effect of some effective factors on the system designing is evaluated. • Hybrid system designing for RCOG load supply using ISCA, case study for Iran. • Optimal sizing of PV/WT/FC with minimizing the CHSLS and respect to the LOLIP. • Determination of reliable and cost-effective system combination to supply RCOG load. • Superiority of the ISCA performance compared to SCA and well-known PSO method. • Investigating the effect of some economic and technical factors on system designing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]