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Street LightingRegione Basilicata Opens €18.8M Public Lighting Call For Comuni And Two Provinces
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Southern Water Tests Lightsonic Leak Detection On Openreach’s Fibre Network
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Puigcerdà is replacing fibre-cement mains, adding pressure reducers, sectors and telecontrol in a €373,000 water network project, 67.75% ACA funded.
Street LightingRegione Basilicata Opens €18.8M Public Lighting Call For Comuni And Two ProvincesRegione Basilicata opened an €18,802,521 call on 16 October 2026 for public lighting retrofits, with a CDP loan attached to the grant.
V2XARENA Commits A$4M To JET Charge For Up To 130 V2G Fleet Vehicles In The ACTARENA grants A$4 million to JET Charge for REVS2, placing up to 130 EVs and bidirectional chargers in the ACT Government fleet to test…
EV ChargingInnovate UK And Private Investors Commit £750K To Go Eve’s DockChain Multi-Bay EV ChargingGo 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 RolloutBrownsville'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 TenderDutch 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 RequestsSeoul'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 ServicesBrașov 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 ProgrammeThe 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 HubKingston 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…
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