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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.
V2XThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency Funds A$4.1M JET Charge V2G Trial
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USDOT Selects UCLA, University Of Michigan And Derq For $5.5M Intersection Safety Phase One MBTA Begins Hayden AI Bus Lane And Bus Stop Camera Enforcement On Routes SL4 And SL5
Los Angeles Council Approves 50 DASH Bus Enforcement Cameras In $3.43M Hayden AI Contract
Allstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data
Houston City Council Raises Sensus Water Meter Contract Ceiling To $43.5M Riba-roja del Túria Pilots Four Grades Of Reclaimed Water Under €10M CircSyst Project
Saanich Starts Five-Year Upgrade Of Water Meter Reading Equipment At 30,000 Properties
Ajuntament d’Olot Puts Sewer Cameras and GIS Mapping on 161 Km Network
Victoria Adds 11 AI Bushfire Cameras To Seven-Unit Plantation Network In A$3.8M Programme Korea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras
UK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring
Cartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data
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ItalyRegione Basilicata Opens €18.8M Public Lighting Call For Comuni And Two Provinces RomaniaBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services BarbadosBarbados Government Explores Urban Hypervisor Platform Modelled On Brazilian System UKThames Water Opens Market Engagement On A 22-Year Smart Metering Framework Running To 2050Kurrant Tender Tracker flags smart city and utility tenders across 20+ European countries every day, each with an AI summary in English.
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eThekwini plans citywide smart water meters as 58% of supply goes unbilled; 2,000 installed so far against a 40,000-meter annual target.
V2XThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency Funds A$4.1M JET Charge V2G TrialARENA backs JET Charge's REVS2 project to put up to 130 bidirectional-charging EVs in the ACT Government fleet through June 2029, a A$5.35M trial.
Street LightingTALQ Consortium Releases Edition 5 Tender Template For Interoperable Smart Street LightingTALQ Consortium publishes Edition 5 of its free Tender Template in seven languages, adding two DALI D4i Zhaga profiles for smart street lighting.
Mobility and TrafficCity Of Zadar Selects ELIPSA For €197,900 Design Of Intelligent Transport System Phase TwoZadar picks ELIPSA for the €197,900 design of ITS phase two, covering 27 new micro-locations, after a single-bid procurement on 22 October 2026.
WasteTrashLab Raises $12M Growth Round Led By Ventana For Waste Hauler SoftwareTrashLab raises $12 million led by Ventana to scale its software for waste haulers, with more than 40 U.S. states and Canada in its…
Street LightingCovilhã Municipality Awards €19M 16-Year Contract For 19,533 Connected LED StreetlightsCovilhã, Portugal contracts ARQUILED and Amener for 19,533 LoRaWAN-connected LED luminaires, targeting an 80% cut in lighting energy use.
Mobility and TrafficVia Lietuva Awards Jenoptik Baltic €2M Contract For 216 ANPR Cameras On Lithuanian Toll RoadsVia Lietuva contracts Jenoptik Baltic to install 216 ANPR cameras at 125 sites ahead of Lithuania's Via Toll launch on 1 January 2027.
Smart GridBryan Texas Utilities To Replace 50,000 Smart Meters Over Five YearsBryan Texas Utilities will replace about 50,000 advanced metering meters over five years from 2 November 2026, at more than 9,000 a year.
Environmental MonitoringUK National Parks Launch Wildfire Resilience Programme In CairngormsVodafoneThree, UK National Parks and the Cairngorms authority launch a three-year wildfire resilience programme after July 2026's fire.
WaterAmeresco Completes $5.9M Water Metering Upgrade Covering 8,000 Meters In Mustang, OklahomaAmeresco completed a $5.9M AMI project replacing more than 8,000 water meters in Mustang, Oklahoma, in five months against a 10-month plan.
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