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2h agoComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light Points 3h agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 3h agoMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding 21h agoWest Sussex County Council Trials Dashboard AI Cameras On 8 Highway Inspection Vehicles 6 OctKurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter 5 OctCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data 5 OctUkraine’s Decarbonization Fund Buys 40,000 NB-IoT Gas Meter Modules For UAH 187.2 Million 4 OctGermany Opens Its Grid To Bidirectional EV Charging 3 OctAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays 3 OctGreek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network

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Projects, tenders, funding and deals in smart water, mobility, lighting, energy and IoT, reported every day by the Kurrant news desk.

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1 Oct Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceLatitudo 40 Raises €2.9M To Develop Agentic EO, Physical AI And Accelerate International Growth

Naples-based Latitudo 40 raises €2.9M led by Vertis SGR, with Kurrant Ventures and CRIF, to develop Agentic EO and Physical AI.

30 Sep Mobility and TrafficVia Appia Tests Valerann Incident Detection On 32km Of São Paulo’s Rodovias Das Colinas

Via Appia is trialling Valerann's Lanternn on 32km of Rodovias das Colinas, a concession that expires in July 2028, with no targets published.

29 Sep Mobility and TrafficTurin Tests Resident Mobility Dashboard From Latitudo 40 As App Reaches Milan With Dott

Turin receives an anonymised mobility dashboard from Latitudo 40's heat-aware routing app, now promoted in Milan with Dott free rides.

28 Sep Smart GridPNM Begins $185 Million Smart Meter Rollout Amid New Mexico Billing Complaints

PNM has started a $185 million rollout of 560,000 Itron smart meters in New Mexico after estimated-bill complaints and a record 2,264 MW peak.

28 Sep Environmental MonitoringBlanca Connects Two Air Quality And Noise Stations To Murcia’s SmartRegion Platform

Blanca, Murcia, has linked two air quality and noise stations near a school and care home to the regional SmartRegion platform for €25,030.99.

27 Sep Environmental MonitoringWaikato Regional Council Funds $1.65 Million Upgrade Of 40 Flood Telemetry Sites

Waikato Regional Council's $1.65m upgrade adds repeaters and backup gauges at 40 flood telemetry sites, backed by the Regional Infrastructure Fund.

27 Sep Environmental MonitoringNew York DEC And USGS Launch FloodSafe NY Statewide Streamgage Network For Flood Warnings

New York's DEC contracts USGS to upgrade streamgages and add virtual gages under FloodSafe NY, a Bond Act-funded statewide flood warning network.

27 Sep Smart GridFlexyGrid Closes €750,000 Seed Round To Aggregate Flexibility For Italian Grid Operators

FlexyGrid raises a €750,000 seed round to bid batteries, chargers and industrial loads into Italy's RomeFlex, MiNDFlex and EDGE pilots.

27 Sep Smart GridColumbia, Missouri Approves $41.8 Million Ameresco Smart Meter Program For Electric And Water

Columbia, Missouri approves a $41.8 million Ameresco smart meter program to replace 106,739 electric and water meters from spring 2027.

27 Sep Smart GridOsmose Acquires Alamon Utility Services Division And Alatrac Pole Inspection Software

Osmose buys Alamon's utility services division and its Alatrac pole inspection software, adding 500,000 annual wood pole inspections.

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