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37 min agoNicosia District Water Authority Begins 72,000 Ultrasonic Smart Meter Rollout With Cyta 39 min agoMexico City Plans €48 Million First Phase Of Adaptive Traffic Signals With Transit Priority 1h agoAlbania Earmarks €33 Million In 2027 Budget For Presight-Built Smart City Surveillance 12h agoed Eléctrica Deploys NB-IoT-Connected Dynamic Line Rating on 220 kV Pyrenees Line 12h agoNyquis Raises $6.3M Seed Round For Substation Waveform Monitoring To Cut Wildfire Risk 12h agoBMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services 12h agoThames Water Tenders £1.58B Smart Metering Contract in Two Lots Running to 2035 and Beyond 13h agoGreece Directs €325.3M to Municipal Smart City and Digital Transformation Programmes 13h agoEmcali Selects Consortium for COP 450B Cali Streetlight Overhaul of 101,037 LED Luminaires 13h agoCanberra Adds 16,000 Itron Controllers, Taking Connected Streetlights Above 47,000

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5 Dec Environmental MonitoringXcel Energy Enhances Wildfire Detection with Pano AI

Xcel Energy is deploying over 50 AI camera stations across nearly a dozen Texas counties to improve wildfire detection and response times.

5 Dec Environmental MonitoringAgriSound Wins Innovate UK Grant for Biodiversity Monitoring

York-based AgriSound secures nearly £220,000 from Innovate UK to develop an AI biodiversity monitoring system using solar-powered sensors.

5 Dec IoT NetworksEIB Invests €30M in Sateliot for IoT Satellite Connectivity Rollout

The EIB grants €30 million to Spanish startup Sateliot to deploy an IoT satellite network connecting over 8 million devices in remote areas.

5 Dec VideosurveillanceTemple University Enhances 1,500 Cameras with AI Weapon Detection

Temple University equips 1,500 security cameras with ZeroEyes AI weapon detection software in Pennsylvania to alert campus police to visible guns.

5 Dec Smart GridEQT and GIC to Acquire Majority Stake in UK Smart Meter Specialist Calisen

EQT and GIC agree to buy a majority stake in UK smart meter firm Calisen in a £4 billion deal. The company manages 16…

5 Dec WaterDiehl Metering Acquires AI Leak Detection Specialist PREVENTIO

Diehl Metering acquires German startup PREVENTIO to expand its predictive maintenance and AI leak detection for water and heat supply networks.

5 Dec VideosurveillanceFireDome Secures $4.5M to Enhance Wildfire Defense

Tel Aviv startup FireDome raises $4.5M to advance autonomous wildfire defense technology that deploys eco-friendly fire retardant capsules.

5 Dec Smart GridEnergy Network Operator Red Eléctrica Implements Advanced Digital Twin Technology in Spain

Red Eléctrica launches a cloud digital twin for its Spanish grid, giving up to 1,500 users centralized asset data to support clean energy.

26 Nov Building EfficiencyEtalytics Secures €8M to Drive AI-Powered Energy Efficiency

Darmstadt-based etalytics raises €8M in Series A funding to scale its AI energy platform, which cuts industrial energy use by up to 50%.

26 Nov Smart GridSmart Metering Specialist Bluecurrent Acquires Metropolis Metering

Australasia’s Bluecurrent acquires Melbourne-based Metropolis Metering, adding to its platform of over 2.4 million meters across the region.

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