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16h agoBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services 16h agoEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE Programme 17h agoKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub 17h agoKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras 17h agoUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring YesterdayAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data YesterdayEZO Secures €150M Senior Debt Facility For 3,000 EV Charge Points In UK And Ireland 19 OctDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000 18 OctBarbados Government Explores Urban Hypervisor Platform Modelled On Brazilian System 18 OctPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project

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.

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10 Sep EnergyNational Grid launches autonomous drone inspections in UK first

National Grid deploys autonomous BVLOS drones to inspect 22,000 pylons across England and Wales, automating data capture to boost network efficiency.

10 Sep VideosurveillanceLibourne Adopts Smart Waste Detection with NGE CONNECT and Partners

Libourne deploys AI on seven cameras with NGE CONNECT to detect illegal waste dumping in real time and monitor 642 city center parking spaces.

10 Sep WaterThames Water to Launch £1 Billion Framework for Major Projects

Thames Water prepares to tender a £1.008 billion Major Projects Framework for network upgrades, covering a nine-year programme through AMP8.

2 Sep WaterSevern Trent Awards £200m Smart Metering Contract to Netmore

Netmore secures a £200m contract from Severn Trent to deploy one million smart water meters across more than 20 UK counties and cut leakage…

2 Sep Mobility and TrafficDetroit Expands Digital Safety Alerts Across Public Safety Fleet

Detroit deploys HAAS Alert across fire and police fleets following a pilot with over 100,000 alerts, sending real-time warnings to drivers.

2 Sep Mobility and TrafficIndra Brings C-V2X Tolling Technology to North Carolina’s I-485

Indra wins a contract to deploy C-V2X tolling on North Carolina's I-485 beltway, creating the first U.S. road to use

2 Sep Mobility and TrafficCyclomedia Strengthens AI Road Analytics with Detekt Acquisition

Cyclomedia acquires Detekt to expand its road surface analytics. The deal adds AI tools that identify road defects and assets for governments.

2 Sep EnergySplight Secures $12.4 Million for Grid Optimization Expansion

San Francisco-based Splight raises $12.4 million to expand a machine learning platform that increases transmission capacity on existing grid lines.

2 Sep EnergyYottar Raises $1.2m to Digitize UK Grid Connection Process

UK startup Yottar raises $1.2 million to expand its grid platform, helping developers find connection points without upfront fees.

2 Sep EV ChargingRoseville Expands EV Charging Management With BetterFleet

Roseville, California, taps BetterFleet to manage its fleet EV charging, expanding from 14 to 71 chargers to cut costs and ease grid demand.

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