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7h agoBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services 7h agoEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE Programme 8h agoKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub 8h agoKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras 8h agoUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring 16h agoAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data 16h agoEZO Secures €150M Senior Debt Facility For 3,000 EV Charge Points In UK And Ireland 19 OctDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000 18 OctBarbados Government Explores Urban Hypervisor Platform Modelled On Brazilian System 18 OctPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project

Smart City & Utility Industry News

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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12 Aug Environmental MonitoringChicago Rolls Out Hyfi Verizon-Backed 5G Flood Monitoring Network

Chicago installs 50 solar-powered, 5G flood sensors with Hyfi and Verizon, delivering live maps and alerts up to an hour before flooding begins.

11 Aug Mobility and TrafficGirona Deploys Smart Sensors to Manage Tourism and Protect Heritage

Girona deploys nine mobile signal sensors in its Barri Vell district under a €20,524 project to track tourist flows and protect historic sites.

11 Aug WaterNorthumbrian Water Deploys Satellite-Based Leak Detection and Repair

Northumbrian Water deploys Origin Tech satellite monitoring and no-dig repair in North East England to fix underground leaks in a single visit.

11 Aug EnergyPacifiCorp Expands Wildfire Monitoring with New Medford Facility

PacifiCorp launches a Wildfire Intelligence Center in Medford, Oregon, which has monitored 863 fires and led to 71 emergency power shutoffs.

11 Aug Street LightingSaint-Denis de La Réunion Launches EU-Funded Overhaul of Public Lighting Network

Saint-Denis in Réunion begins a €7.75 million project to replace nearly 8,000 public lights with LEDs, cutting energy costs by €350,000 yearly.

6 Aug Environmental MonitoringConway Invests in Flood Sensors to Boost Real-Time Monitoring

Conway, South Carolina, invests $26,000 to install five river sensors along local waterways, feeding data into an online flood monitoring dashboard.

6 Aug WasteTacoma Deploys AI-Enabled Smart Cameras to Cut Recycling Contamination

Tacoma launches a $1.8M EPA-funded pilot using Prairie Robotics truck cameras to spot recycling contamination and send educational postcards.

6 Aug Mobility and TrafficDubai Deploys AI-Powered On- and Off-Street Parking System Covering 36,000 Spaces

Parkonic and Salik deploy an AI parking system across 36,000 spaces in Dubai, enabling automatic number plate recognition and barrier-free billing.

6 Aug WaterTelefónica Vivo Secures One of the World’s Largest IoT Water‑Metering Contracts in Brazil

Telefónica Vivo wins a $693 million contract with Sabesp to modernize 4.4 million water meters across São Paulo using NB-IoT technology by 2029.

6 Aug Street LightingTürkiye Pilots Smart Streetlights Offering Charging, Connectivity, and Urban Monitoring

TEMSAN launches a smart street lighting pilot in Ankara, integrating solar power, public Wi-Fi, and free electric vehicle charging stations.

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