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2h agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 2h agoMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding 20h 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 2 OctMonza Approves €615,000 Camera Upgrade At 14 Signalised Intersections Under SAMU Project

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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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11 Aug EnergyPacifiCorp Expands Wildfire Monitoring with New Medford Facility

PacifiCorp launches a Wildfire Intelligence Center in Medford, Oregon, which has monitored 863 fires and led to 71 emergency power shutoffs.

11 Aug Street LightingSaint-Denis de La Réunion Launches EU-Funded Overhaul of Public Lighting Network

Saint-Denis in Réunion begins a €7.75 million project to replace nearly 8,000 public lights with LEDs, cutting energy costs by €350,000 yearly.

6 Aug Environmental MonitoringConway Invests in Flood Sensors to Boost Real-Time Monitoring

Conway, South Carolina, invests $26,000 to install five river sensors along local waterways, feeding data into an online flood monitoring dashboard.

6 Aug WasteTacoma Deploys AI-Enabled Smart Cameras to Cut Recycling Contamination

Tacoma launches a $1.8M EPA-funded pilot using Prairie Robotics truck cameras to spot recycling contamination and send educational postcards.

6 Aug Mobility and TrafficDubai Deploys AI-Powered On- and Off-Street Parking System Covering 36,000 Spaces

Parkonic and Salik deploy an AI parking system across 36,000 spaces in Dubai, enabling automatic number plate recognition and barrier-free billing.

6 Aug WaterTelefónica Vivo Secures One of the World’s Largest IoT Water‑Metering Contracts in Brazil

Telefónica Vivo wins a $693 million contract with Sabesp to modernize 4.4 million water meters across São Paulo using NB-IoT technology by 2029.

6 Aug Street LightingTürkiye Pilots Smart Streetlights Offering Charging, Connectivity, and Urban Monitoring

TEMSAN launches a smart street lighting pilot in Ankara, integrating solar power, public Wi-Fi, and free electric vehicle charging stations.

6 Aug WaterNorthumbrian Water Expands Use of Vyntelligence AI Video Platform for Asset Management

Northumbrian Water expands its rollout of the Vyntelligence AI video platform across its northeast network to automate asset management workflows.

6 Aug WasteDivonne-les-Bains Deploys Vizzia Cameras to Tackle Illegal Dumping

Divonne-les-Bains issues 15 fines after installing Vizzia smart cameras to catch illegal dumping, with penalties reaching up to €1,500.

6 Aug WasteCoastal Waste Pilots AI Robot for Facility and Fleet Safety

Coastal Waste & Recycling pilots an autonomous robot at its Pompano Beach facility to scan trucks for elevated temperatures and battery fire risks.

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