The US state of Maryland will require utilities to allow electric vehicles (EVs) with bidirectional chargers to connect to the distribution grid after new legislation was passed last week.

A trio of projects in the Northeast US highlight the use of battery storage to aid electricity suppliers in maintaining stable networks.

Legislators in the US state of Maryland have voted to approve a bill requiring the deployment of at least 3,000MW of energy storage by 2033, the latest US state to make such a move.

Some 2.5-3.6GW of energy storage could be cost-effectively deployed by 2033 to cut emissions and lower energy costs in the US state of Maryland, American Clean Power (ACP) said.

We interview three companies getting around one of the main challenges of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology.

The power solutions arm of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will deploy three co-located battery storage projects for Origis Energy in the Southeast United States.

Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Microgrid projects in the US states of Washington and Maryland combining battery storage, solar and vehicle-grid integration have gone online.

Distributed energy resource (DER) platform Voltus and Highland Electric Fleets have partnered to deliver grid reliability services to the PJM, US, market using electric school buses and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

Ion Storage Systems (ION), a company that has developed a solid state lithium-ion battery technology, has raised a US$30 million Series A to expand its production facility and accelerate its entry into the stationary storage sector.