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Smart Grided Eléctrica Deploys NB-IoT-Connected Dynamic Line Rating on 220 kV Pyrenees Line

Red Eléctrica completes live-line Dynamic Line Rating on the 220 kV Pobla-T Sesué line, with 35 instrumented spans and 14 weather stations.

Smart GridNyquis Raises $6.3M Seed Round For Substation Waveform Monitoring To Cut Wildfire Risk

Nyquis raises a $6.3 million seed round co-led by Gigascale Capital and South Park Commons for substation sensors that flag wildfire-risk faults.

Street LightingBMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services

BMF GRUP signed on 3 November 2026 to acquire 100% of Bucharest's Flash Lighting Services, targeting EUR 180 million turnover by end-2026 and EUR…

WaterThames Water Tenders £1.58B Smart Metering Contract in Two Lots Running to 2035 and Beyond

Thames Water's £1.584 billion Future Smart Metering tender splits into a £1.38 billion installation lot and £204 million connectivity lot; award due September 2027.

Smart CityGreece Directs €325.3M to Municipal Smart City and Digital Transformation Programmes

Greece funds €325.3M for municipal digital projects: €90M for 17 cities via the Recovery Facility and €235.3M under ESPA for all 332 municipalities.

Street LightingEmcali Selects Consortium for COP 450B Cali Streetlight Overhaul of 101,037 LED Luminaires

Emcali picked Consorcio AP Santiago de Cali on 3 November 2026 to fit 101,037 LED luminaires with Ubicquia telemanagement in a COP 450 billion,…

Street LightingCanberra Adds 16,000 Itron Controllers, Taking Connected Streetlights Above 47,000

ACT Government's City and Environment Directorate adds 16,000 Itron lighting controllers via Omexom, lifting Canberra's connected lights from 31,000 to over 47,000.

Mobility and TrafficBarcelona City Council Picks Kapsch and Acisa for €100,000 Each to Pilot AI Traffic Signals

Barcelona's Innova Lab Mobility chose Kapsch and Acisa on 3 November 2026 for four-month AI traffic signal pilots funded with €100,000 each, due in…

WasteSortrace Raises $800,000 Led by Almi Invest for Waste Truck Sorting Cameras in Sweden

Stockholm start-up Sortrace raises about $800,000 led by Almi Invest to scale truck-mounted cameras that measure household waste sorting for municipalities.

WaterPortugal’s €5B Água que Une Water Strategy Faces €371M Annual EU-Identified Funding Gap

Portugal's €5 billion Água que Une strategy, approved 24 June 2026 with about 300 measures, faces a €371 million annual financing gap by 2027,…