Meet in Barcelona

3 to 5 Nov 2026 Pavilion 3 · Booth D151 Our scheduleSchedule Book a meeting

Kurrantly NewsSunday, 18 October 2026 · Smart cities & utilities Get the weekly briefing

Latest

11h agoPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project 13h agoDuquesne Light Adds 20,000 Itron Edge Intelligence Endpoints To Pittsburgh Grid 13h agoVoltus Raises $225M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management 13h agoRabot Energy Raises €50M Series B Led By Endeit And DeepTech & Climate Fonds 13h agoNew Orleans Sewerage And Water Board Installs Smart Meters For All Residential Customers YesterdaySouthern Water Tests Lightsonic Leak Detection On Openreach’s Fibre Network 16 OctConnexin Secures Up To £35M To Extend UK LoRaWAN Smart Water Meter Network 14 OctTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters 14 OctOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme 14 OctMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone

Smart City & Utility Industry News

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

Page 30

22 Apr EV ChargingSan Diego Unlocks $16.5M in County Grants to Expand Public EV Charging

San Diego secures $16.5M in county grants to install 67 EV charging ports at nine libraries and recreation centres via EVerged.

22 Apr Mobility and TrafficFlorida Renews $31 Million Tampa Bay Traffic Operations Contract with Iteris

FDOT District 7 awards Iteris a $31M five-year contract to run Tampa Bay's Regional Transportation Management Center across 12 jurisdictions

22 Apr WaterBadger Meter Acquires UK’s UDlive for $100M to Anchor Global Sewer Monitoring Strategy

Badger Meter buys UK sewer firm UDlive for $100M, pairing it with SmartCover to create a transatlantic wastewater intelligence platform.

21 Apr EV ChargingSweden Scales Up Vehicle-to-Grid Testing with 200 Bidirectional Chargers

Vattenfall, Energy Bank, and Volkswagen deploy 200 V2G chargers across Sweden's SE3 and SE4 zones in a bidirectional charging pilot to 2028.

21 Apr WaterCalp Deploys Sensor-Based Irrigation Network Under EU Next Generation Funding

Calp deploys a €39,000 smart irrigation network via Next Generation EU, with smart lighting and air quality monitoring set to follow.

21 Apr Environmental MonitoringOregon Deploys $13.2M AI-Equipped Aircraft to Advance Wildfire Detection

Oregon's Forestry Department deploys a $13.2M AI-equipped Twin Otter with multispectral sensors for faster wildfire detection statewide.

20 Apr Mobility and TrafficCardiff Expands Smart Cycle Parking with 50 Solar-Powered Secure Lockers

Cardiff installs 50 solar-powered BikeDok smart cycle lockers city-wide under a five-year contract to counter persistent urban bike theft.

20 Apr Mobility and TrafficUK Highway Authorities Get Unified Tool for Digital Traffic Orders and Asset Management

AppyWay and Brightly Software integrate platforms to help UK councils meet the 2026 digital traffic regulation order compliance deadline.

20 Apr EnergyBarbara IoT Closes €4.5M Round to Scale Edge AI Into Global Critical Infrastructure Markets

Barbara IoT secures €4.5M to scale its edge AI platform into Europe, the Middle East, and the US, backed by Seed Capital Bizkaia.

20 Apr WasteOakland Moves to Deploy AI Drones Across 1,440 Miles of Streets to Map Illegal Dumping

Oakland greenlights a $150K Aerbits drone pilot mapping illegal dumping across 1,440 miles via computer vision and auto-filed 311 alerts.

© Kurrant. All Rights Reserved. · Editorial Standards · Cookie settings

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.