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14h agoConnexin Secures Up To £35M To Extend UK LoRaWAN Smart Water Meter Network YesterdayTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters YesterdayOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme YesterdayMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone YesterdayEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab YesterdayAlchera Technologies Raises £2.7 Million Seed To Scale M25 Traffic Forecasting For UK Highways YesterdaySwitched Source Raises Over $17 Million To Scale Phase-EQ Grid Capacity Units 14 OctThames Water Opens Market Engagement On A 22-Year Smart Metering Framework Running To 2050 14 OctSubeca Raises About $3M Series A-2 From Burnt Island Ventures, Cycle H2O And SUEZ 14 OctTronsanges Becomes Test Commune For LoRaWAN Street Lighting Controls In France’s Nièvre Department

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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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17 Jan WaterAffinity Water Launches Smart Metering Programme in the UK

Affinity Water begins rolling out 20,000 smart meters in Harlow and Bishop's Stortford to detect leaks faster and support water conservation.

16 Jan Street LightingSpain Allocates €155 Million for Upgrading Municipal Lighting

Spain opens a €155 million funding round to modernize municipal lighting, offering loans to cut local electricity consumption by up to 70%.

14 Jan Jordan Signs Agreement to Launch Major Water Desalination Plant with a Meridiam and Suez-Led Consortium

Jordan signs a deal with a Meridiam and Suez consortium to build a desalination plant in Aqaba, supplying 300 million cubic meters of water.

14 Jan Environmental MonitoringNatureMetrics Secures €24.3 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Biodiversity Monitoring

Surrey-based NatureMetrics raises €24.3 million in Series B funding to expand its biodiversity monitoring platform and environmental DNA technology.

14 Jan Mobility and TrafficDOT Allocates $635 Million for U.S. Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure

The U.S. DOT awards $635 million in grants across 27 states and four tribes, deploying over 11,500 EV charging ports and alternative fuel sites.

14 Jan EnergyPG&E Adopts Sharper Shape’s AI-Powered CORE Software to Strengthen Grid Resilience

PG&E starts a five-year deal with Sharper Shape to deploy CORE digital twin software, using AI to manage assets and cut California wildfire risks.

14 Jan Mobility and TrafficOuster Secures $2 Million Contract to Launch Largest Lidar-Enabled Smart Traffic System in the U.S.

Ouster wins a $2 million contract to deploy its lidar traffic system across 120 Chattanooga intersections to cut congestion and improve safety.

14 Jan WaterBanque des Territoires Invests €5 Million in Leakmited

Banque des Territoires joins a €5 million funding round for Leakmited to expand AI-driven water leak detection in France and abroad.

13 Jan WasteBahrains’ Northern Governorate Introduces Smart Waste Bins

Bahrain's Northern Governorate deploys 60 sensor-equipped waste containers in an initial rollout to track fill levels and optimize collection routes.

13 Jan VideosurveillanceMadrid Expands AI-Driven Surveillance with New Camera Installations

The Madrid City Council invests €2.8 million to deploy 83 AI surveillance cameras across the city to assist police with public safety image analysis.

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