Smart City & Utility Industry News

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Washington, D.C. Awards $609,500 to Expand Curbside EV Charging Access

May 7, 2026

The District of Columbia has awarded a combined $609,500 in public EV charging grants to three companies, with New York-based Voltpost among the recipients, marking the city’s latest push to close the urban charging gap as electric vehicle...

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Frankfurt Startup ENVIOTECH Raises €1M to Retrofit Europe’s Streetlights

May 5, 2026

ENVIOTECH, a Frankfurt-based smart city startup founded in 2022, has closed a €1 million pre-seed funding round to commercialise an intelligent retrofit system for public street lighting. The round was led by Jürgen Fitschen, former Co-CEO of...

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingSpain

Toreno to Upgrade Street Lighting with LED and Remote Management Technology

May 5, 2026

The Ayuntamiento de Toreno, a rural municipality in the El Bierzo region of León, has given initial approval to a public lighting renewal programme covering six of its settlements, with a total budget of EUR 173,877.81 including VAT. The project,...

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Genoa Advances Smart Lighting Strategy With €1M Smart City Investment on the Horizon

Apr 16, 2026

The Municipality of Genoa is preparing to allocate approximately one million euros toward smart city projects tied to its public lighting network, as the Italian port city pushes to extract greater intelligence and safety value from an ongoing €34...

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Umbrete Extends Veolia Energy Services Contract to 2041 With LED Streetlight Overhaul

Apr 15, 2026

The municipality of Umbrete, a town of around 9,000 residents in the province of Seville, has launched a full renewal of its public lighting network under a 15-year energy services contract with Veolia that consolidates a public-private partnership...

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Toronto Commits CAD 577M (420M€) to Convert 173,000 Streetlights to LED & Smart by 2035

Apr 15, 2026

The City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro will spend CAD 577 million (420M€) over the next decade to convert every municipal streetlight to LED, renew critical underground infrastructure and deploy smart lighting controls across the city by the end of...

New Project (Pilot)Street LightingIoT NetworksViper NetworksUSA

Archuleta County Taps Viper Networks to Pilot Smart City and Mobile Services in Rural Colorado

Apr 9, 2026

Viper Networks subsidiary 0Wire Communications is set to launch its first US smart city pilot in Archuleta County, Colorado, targeting late Q2 2026. Operating under the brand Four Corners Wireless, the initiative will bring mobile connectivity,...

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Brussels Awards Engie Vianeo Contract for 835 EV Charging Stations Across 19 Municipalities with

Apr 1, 2026

The Brussels-Capital Region has selected Engie Vianeo, the electric mobility division of French energy group Engie, to deploy 835 public charging stations across all 19 municipalities of the Belgian capital. The contract will deliver 1,640...

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingSpain

Rota Upgrades Seafront Lighting With LED And Smart Controls In €150,000 Project

Mar 31, 2026

The coastal municipality of Rota, in the province of Cádiz, is replacing 95 conventional streetlights along its seafront promenade with 86 LED luminaires equipped with point-to-point remote management technology. The €150,000 two-phase project,...

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingElbi Energy ProjectsRomania

Oradea Awards €950,000 Contract For Smart Lighting Overhaul In City Centre

Mar 31, 2026

The municipality of Oradea in western Romania has signed a contract to fully modernise the public lighting system across a key central corridor, replacing ageing overhead cables and concrete poles with a smart, underground LED network designed to...