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YesterdayKurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter YesterdayCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data YesterdayUkraine’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 2 OctLe Taillan-Médoc Ends Midnight Streetlight Shutoff, Switching To All-Night Dimmed LED Lighting 2 OctBogotá Plans 100,000 Telemanaged LED Streetlights As Enel Lighting Agreement Ends In November 2 OctAlabama Forestry Commission Adopts OroraTech Satellite Wildfire Detection After 30,000-Acre Season

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19 Dec Street LightingOver €150 Million Allocated for Sustainable Municipal Lighting Projects in Spain

Spain approves €155 million in interest-free loans for municipal LED street lighting to cut energy use and lower carbon emissions nationwide.

16 Dec WaterImmokalee Water & Sewer District Partners with Xylem and Core & Main for Digital Transformation

Florida's Immokalee Water & Sewer District starts a $3.5M digital upgrade with Xylem and Core & Main, deploying 7,200 smart meters.

16 Dec EV ChargingEVgo Secures $1.25 Billion DOE Loan to Expand Fast-Charging Network

EVgo closes a $1.25 billion U.S. DOE loan to build 7,500 new fast-charging stalls, tripling its network to 10,000 stalls by 2029.

16 Dec EV ChargingCalifornia Approves $1.4 Billion for EV Charging and Hydrogen Infrastructure

The California Energy Commission approves a $1.4 billion plan to fund nearly 17,000 light-duty chargers and zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.

16 Dec Street LightingTALQ Consortium Unveils Enhanced Tender Template for Smart Street Lighting

The TALQ Consortium releases the fourth edition of its outdoor lighting tender template, helping cities draft interoperable multivendor bids.

13 Dec EnergySpotmyEnergy Raises €10.5M to Boost Smart Meter Adoption in Germany

Cologne startup SpotmyEnergy secures €10.5 million to expand smart meter deployment in Germany, where under 2% of power consumers own one.

13 Dec EnergyIberdrola Plans UK Smart Metering Sale

Iberdrola explores the sale of its UK smart metering business to raise around £1 billion. Subsidiary ScottishPower manages over 2.5 million meters.

13 Dec Mobility and TrafficLACROIX Enters Exclusive Negotiations with SWARCO for City-Mobility Sale

LACROIX negotiates the sale of its Traffic and V2X units in France and Spain, which generated €27.3 million, to Austria-based SWARCO.

13 Dec Street LightingEIB Grants €50M Loan to Zumtobel Group for Smart Lighting R&D

The European Investment Bank lends €50 million to Austria's Zumtobel Group to develop energy-efficient smart lighting for smart cities.

13 Dec WaterPerpignan Deploys 120,000 Smart Water Meters for Leak Detection

Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole is deploying 120,000 smart water meters by 2026. The devices use acoustic monitoring to detect leaks.

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