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14h agoBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services 14h agoEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE Programme 15h agoKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub 15h agoKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras 15h agoUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring 23h agoAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data 23h 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

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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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15 May EV Charging100 Ultra-Fast EV Charging Points Coming to Italian Highways

Mobilize and ASPI partner to install 100 ultra-fast EV charging points across Italian highways by 2025, offering power outputs of up to 400 kW.

15 May Street LightingAT&T and Vodafone Expand IoT Connectivity Across U.S. and Europe

O2 Telefónica and 5G Synergiewerk roll out 5G streetlights in 25 German cities, with 50 more operational by late 2025 to boost urban coverage.

13 May WaterSUEZ Opens New UK Smart Operations Centre for Water Metering

SUEZ opens a Smart Operations Centre in Maidenhead, UK. The facility monitors data from millions of smart water meters to help detect leaks.

12 May OtherCalifornia Introduces Multilingual AI Chatbot for Wildfire Information

California launches an AI chatbot providing wildfire updates and safety resources in 70 languages to modernize emergency response.

12 May EnergyIberdrola Sells UK Smart Metering Business to Macquarie for €1.06 Billion

Iberdrola sells its UK smart metering unit to Macquarie for €1.06 billion, transferring 2.7 million meters as it divests non-core assets.

12 May Street LightingCopenhagen Launches Major Energy-Saving Lighting Project

Copenhagen begins replacing 160,000 lighting fixtures with smart LEDs across 48 locations to cut electricity costs by over 50%.

12 May EnergyEnBW Adopts Robotron’s CLS Software for Smart Grid Management

EnBW Utility Services selects Robotron to deploy its CLS management platform across the EU to optimize smart grid balancing operations.

8 May Mobility and TrafficHillsborough County Awards Iteris $10 Million Contract for Traffic Management Services

Hillsborough County, Florida selects Iteris for a four-year, $10 million contract to manage traffic operations and smart mobility initiatives.

8 May IoT NetworksBT Secures Major Mobile Connectivity Contract with DEFRA

BT signs a five-year deal with the UK's DEFRA to deliver 34,000 mobile connections across Britain for real-time environmental monitoring.

8 May Mobility and TrafficUK Transport Department to Develop Crisis Response Digital Twin

The UK Department for Transport is tendering a £500,000 digital twin platform to model disruptions and improve emergency response nationwide.

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