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Nowadays, the world is encountering severe challenges in the energy generation sector. Environmental issues
like climate change, global warming and Green House Gases (GHGs) and also social issues like dramatic
increase in global population and increasing energy demand are the main causes of global concerns about
energy resource management. In this regard, Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) are the suitable substitution
to replace the conventional generating units that emit GHGs due to the use of fossil fuels. Among all RESs,
wind energy seems to be promising for generating emission-free electrical energy. However, it is naturally
unpredictable due to its intermittency which leads to s
ome technical problems such as generation imbalance
as well as optimal reserve allocation. This paper investigates the solutions to compensate wind intermittency
through introducing various technolo
gies such as Pumped-Hydro Storage (PH
S) units, Plug-in Hybrid Electric
Vehicles (PHEVs), solar energy and other electric storages like batteries.