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10h agoPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project 11h agoDuquesne Light Adds 20,000 Itron Edge Intelligence Endpoints To Pittsburgh Grid 11h agoVoltus Raises $225M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management 12h agoRabot Energy Raises €50M Series B Led By Endeit And DeepTech & Climate Fonds 12h 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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4 Oct V2XGermany Opens Its Grid To Bidirectional EV Charging

Germany's Bundesnetzagentur adopted its MiSpeL rules on 1 October 2026, letting EV batteries feed the grid with levy and grid-fee relief.

3 Oct EV ChargingAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays

Ampol will buy Evie Networks for $225 million, combining 1,424 fast-charging bays, with ACCC clearance and completion targeted for H1 2027.

3 Oct Mobility and TrafficGreek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network

Greece's digital governance ministry received four consortium bids for a €44,055,805 contract to install 1,000 traffic enforcement cameras.

2 Oct Mobility and TrafficMonza Approves €615,000 Camera Upgrade At 14 Signalised Intersections Under SAMU Project

Monza approves a €615,000 upgrade of traffic signals at 14 intersections with multi-function cameras under its €2.5M SAMU project.

2 Oct Street LightingLe Taillan-Médoc Ends Midnight Streetlight Shutoff, Switching To All-Night Dimmed LED Lighting

Le Taillan-Médoc ends its midnight-to-6am streetlight shutoff, using a full LED network with per-pole telemanagement to dim lights all night.

2 Oct Street LightingBogotá Plans 100,000 Telemanaged LED Streetlights As Enel Lighting Agreement Ends In November

Bogotá council backs a plan for 100,000+ LED streetlights with telemanagement, cameras and air sensors as Enel's lighting deal ends in November.

2 Oct Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceAlabama Forestry Commission Adopts OroraTech Satellite Wildfire Detection After 30,000-Acre Season

Alabama Forestry Commission deploys OroraTech satellite wildfire detection statewide to support fire response and prescribed burn monitoring.

1 Oct WasteCity Of Melbourne Awards Superfy Five-Year Contract For 500 Solar-Powered Smart Bins

City of Melbourne begins installing 500 solar-powered Superfy smart bins under a five-year deal, swapping fixed rounds for sensor-led pickups.

1 Oct Mobility and TrafficFlorence Trials 80 NB-IoT Loading-Bay Sensors And A Cargo-Bike Micro-Hub Under EU UNCHAIN Project

Florence trials 80 NB-IoT loading-bay sensors and a cargo-bike micro-hub under the EU UNCHAIN project, which grants the city €660,000.

1 Oct VideosurveillanceHanoi Police Pilot Smart Police Platform As Video Analytics Camera Network Nears 5,000 Units

Hanoi Police pilot a Smart Police platform as two phases put 4,297 analytics cameras on city roads and a 21,000-unit project gets under way.

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