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Innovate UK And Private Investors Commit £750K To Go Eve’s DockChain Multi-Bay EV Charging Innovate UK And Private Investors Commit £750K To Go Eve’s DockChain Multi-Bay EV Charging

Go Eve secures £750,000 from Innovate UK and investors for an 18-month project to make DockChain multi-bay EV fast charging more reliable.

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WasteSeoul’s Eunpyeong District Pilots Photo-Based Bulky Waste App Across 220,000 Annual Requests1h ago Smart CityBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design ServicesYesterday
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EV ChargingInnovate UK And Private Investors Commit £750K To Go Eve’s DockChain Multi-Bay EV Charging

Go Eve secures £750,000 from Innovate UK and investors for an 18-month project to make DockChain multi-bay EV fast charging more reliable.

 WaterBrownsville Public Utilities Board Adds Water Leak Alerts To Smart Meter Rollout

Brownsville's utility adds water leak alerts to an AMI rollout covering about 52,000 electric and 58,000 water meters, due around May 2027.

 Smart GridDutch Grid Operators Liander, Stedin And Enexis Award NextGen DSMR6 Gateway Tender

Dutch grid operators select Trilliant from 25 applicants for NextGen DSMR6 gateways, the first step in replacing about 4 million smart meters before 2029.

 WasteSeoul’s Eunpyeong District Pilots Photo-Based Bulky Waste App Across 220,000 Annual Requests

Seoul's Eunpyeong District pilots Gajyeoga, a photo-based app for bulky waste pickup, across more than 220,000 yearly requests.

 Smart CityBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services

Brașov city hall launched a 170.48 million lei (€31.99 million), 48-month framework tender for design services covering mobility, smart city and energy.

 EnergyEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE Programme

The European Commission selected 77 Innovation Fund projects for €3.4B and 135 LIFE projects for over €390M, including a Greek island virtual power plant.

 WasteKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub

Kingston University will lead NORAH, a £3.6M Innovate UK-funded hub to test robotics on contaminated waste, as fewer than 5% of UK waste sites…

 Environmental MonitoringKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras

Korea's National Park Service built Bandal Lens AI to identify 17 mammal species from 1,300 cameras, cutting 100,000-image analysis from 208 days to 8…

 Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring

The UK Space Agency opened a £2M grant call for satellite-based climate, nature and emissions projects, with £150,000 to £400,000 awards and a 11…

 Mobility and TrafficAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data

Arity, Allstate's mobility data unit, agreed on October 16, 2026 to acquire substantially all INRIX assets, with closing expected in 2026.

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