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13h agoPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project 14h agoDuquesne Light Adds 20,000 Itron Edge Intelligence Endpoints To Pittsburgh Grid 14h agoVoltus Raises $225M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management 14h agoRabot Energy Raises €50M Series B Led By Endeit And DeepTech & Climate Fonds 15h agoNew Orleans Sewerage And Water Board Installs Smart Meters For All Residential Customers YesterdaySouthern Water Tests Lightsonic Leak Detection On Openreach’s Fibre Network 16 OctConnexin Secures Up To £35M To Extend UK LoRaWAN Smart Water Meter Network 14 OctTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters 14 OctOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme 14 OctMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone

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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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10 Sep Mobility and TrafficFairlawn Launches Ohio’s First Fully Connected Vehicle Corridor

Fairlawn deploys Ohio’s first 100% connected vehicle corridor on Market Street. The C-V2X system enables transit signal priority and safety alerts.

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.

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