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11h agoComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light Points 11h agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 12h agoMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding YesterdayWest 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

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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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8 Jun WaterSevern Trent Tests Suez’s SewerBalls to Improve Sewer Monitoring

Severn Trent inspects 14km of sewers in Shropshire and Staffordshire with Suez sensor devices, confirming 80% of flagged repair issues.

8 Jun V2XVerizon’s V2X Platform Gains Partners for Connected Vehicle Tech

Verizon partners with Volkswagen, DelDOT, Rutgers, and Arizona to test connected vehicle safety tech using its 5G-enabled V2X platform.

8 Jun V2XQualcomm Acquires Autotalks to Expand V2X Technology

Qualcomm acquires Autotalks to add dedicated V2X communication chipsets to its Snapdragon portfolio and accelerate connected vehicle deployments.

5 Jun Street LightingPuente Genil Allocates €1M for LED Streetlight Upgrade with Smart Management

Puente Genil awards a €1,008,523 contract to replace 1,047 streetlights with smart LEDs, targeting over 50% energy

5 Jun IoT and Smart City PlatformBelval Selected for €3 Million Smart City Initiative in Luxembourg

Luxembourg’s Belval campus hosts a €3 million smart city pilot, deploying three 5G smart towers to test AI and IoT tech for urban management.

5 Jun Street LightingGalicia Invests €210,000 in LED Lighting Upgrade for Rianxo Port

Galicia invests €210,000 to replace 169 lights with marine-grade LEDs at Rianxo Port, cutting the site's energy consumption by an estimated 60%.

5 Jun VideosurveillancePamplona Tests AI-Powered Surveillance for Crowd Control and Emergency Alerts

Pamplona deploys an AI camera system across two city locations to track crowd density without capacity limits and detect public falls.

5 Jun WasteSmart Waste Management Pilot Launched at Colombo Shopping Center, Portugal

SPV and Veolia launch an AI waste-sorting pilot at Portugal’s Colombo mall to improve recycling efficiency beyond its 2023 rate of 62%.

5 Jun EV Charging 1,570 New Chargepoints Coming to Scotland and England

Councils in northern Scotland and Barnet, England partner with EV providers to install 1,570 public chargepoints backed by government funds.

1 Jun EV ChargingVolteras Secures $11.1 Million to Expand Energy and Mobility Data Platform

1234567890 Volteras raises $11.1 million in Series A funding to expand its energy and EV data platform, which partners with over

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