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7h agoComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light Points 8h agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 9h 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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6 Aug WasteCoastal Waste Pilots AI Robot for Facility and Fleet Safety

Coastal Waste & Recycling pilots an autonomous robot at its Pompano Beach facility to scan trucks for elevated temperatures and battery fire risks.

6 Aug Mobility and TrafficNorth Carolina Rolls Out 2,500 AI-Enabled Traffic Signals in Statewide Upgrade

North Carolina deploys 2,500 AI-powered traffic signals using Flow Labs software, marking the largest live statewide rollout of its kind in the U.S.

6 Aug WaterValencia Approves €800K Plan to Digitize Urban Water Management

Valencia City Council approves a €798,646 project to digitize its urban water cycle with IoT, AI, and big data tools for real-time monitoring.

6 Aug Environmental MonitoringNew Air Quality Monitoring Initiative Aims to Enhance Community Resilience in Pajaro Valley

UC Santa Cruz and Regeneración deploy 25 PurpleAir sensors near Pajaro Valley schools to track wildfire smoke and agricultural pollutants.

6 Aug VideosurveillanceAthens Begins Rollout of Automated Smart Traffic Cameras Across the City

Athens is deploying 2,000 automated smart traffic cameras to fine speeding and red-light violations following 13 road fatalities in June.

6 Aug WasteKalamazoo Upgrades Downtown Recycling with Smart Waste Units

Kalamazoo, Michigan deploys 26 Bigbelly smart waste units to replace 58 conventional bins, using fill-level sensors to cut collection trips.

6 Aug Environmental MonitoringArtificial Intelligence boosts wildfire detection in Cyprus

The Municipality of Paralimni-Deryneia in Cyprus deploys 15 AI fire detection stations to identify smoke and fire across a 15-kilometer radius.

6 Aug Street LightingPorto Alegre Launches Call for Public Lighting Startups

Porto Alegre and Sebrae RS open applications to accelerate 10 smart public lighting startups developing NB-IoT and 5G infrastructure solutions.

6 Aug Building EfficiencyDublin Launches Digital Twin of 3,000 City-Centre Buildings to Support Net Zero Goals

IES unveils a 3D digital twin of 3,000 Dublin city-centre buildings to model energy use, emissions, and retrofit scenarios for local businesses.

6 Aug Mobility and TrafficRichmond Launches Smart Traffic Signal Project to Boost Transit and Emergency Response

Richmond is modernizing 490 traffic signals with a centralized control system to speed up emergency response and prioritize transit buses.

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