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1h agoeThekwini Municipality Plans Citywide Smart Water Meter Rollout Against 58% Non-Revenue Water 1h agoThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency Funds A$4.1M JET Charge V2G Trial YesterdayTALQ Consortium Releases Edition 5 Tender Template For Interoperable Smart Street Lighting YesterdayCity Of Zadar Selects ELIPSA For €197,900 Design Of Intelligent Transport System Phase Two YesterdayTrashLab Raises $12M Growth Round Led By Ventana For Waste Hauler Software YesterdayCovilhã Municipality Awards €19M 16-Year Contract For 19,533 Connected LED Streetlights YesterdayVia Lietuva Awards Jenoptik Baltic €2M Contract For 216 ANPR Cameras On Lithuanian Toll Roads 29 OctBryan Texas Utilities To Replace 50,000 Smart Meters Over Five Years 29 OctUK National Parks Launch Wildfire Resilience Programme In Cairngorms 29 OctAmeresco Completes $5.9M Water Metering Upgrade Covering 8,000 Meters In Mustang, Oklahoma

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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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9 Nov Mobility and TrafficIPS Group Acquires Populus Technologies to Expand Smart Mobility Capabilities

San Diego-based IPS Group acquires San Francisco firm Populus Technologies to integrate curb-management software across over 100 cities.

5 Nov WasteGoogle’s Innovation Lab Tests AI Systems in Rio de Janeiro

Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory deploys four AI pilot projects in Rio de Janeiro as part of a planned $900 million Latin American data center hub.

5 Nov Waste$200 Million for AI System to Transform Waste Management in Hampton Roads

SPSA approves a $200M, 20-year contract with Commonwealth Sortation to install AI sorting systems and divert 50% of waste in Hampton Roads.

5 Nov WasteAbu Dhabi to Deploy Over 500 Connected Cleaning Vehicles Across the Emirate

Abu Dhabi's DMT will deploy over 500 connected cleaning vehicles this year, cutting carbon emissions by up to 40% across the emirate.

5 Nov WasteVeolia Rolls Out Smart Bins in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to Improve Waste Sorting

Veolia deploys four AI-enabled smart bins in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, helping business clients analyze waste across more than 30 categories.

5 Nov Environmental MonitoringRhodes Launches €1 Million Smart Forest Protection Project

Nova funds a 1 million euro smart wildfire-prevention system on Rhodes, using AI and sensors to monitor the protected Valley of the Butterflies.

5 Nov Environmental MonitoringColombia launches national wildfire monitoring programme with Ororatech

Colombia deploys OroraTech satellite technology nationwide to track wildfires, training more than 700 national disaster-risk system members.

31 Oct EnergyHEDNO Launches Large-Scale NB-IoT and LTE-M Smart Meter Network in Greece

HEDNO rolls out 3.12 million cellular smart meters across Greece in a €546 million first phase to cut power losses and speed outage repairs.

31 Oct WasteDallas to deploy AI-enabled cameras on sanitation vehicles for code enforcement

Dallas approves $853,000 to equip 50 sanitation trucks with AI cameras that detect code violations. City staff will review the automated flags.

31 Oct Street LightingEdison to Take Over Modena’s Public Lighting After 80 Years

Edison wins a nine-year contract worth over €52 million to manage 32,000 public lights in Modena, Italy, and advance citywide LED conversion.

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