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10h 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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14 Jul Environmental MonitoringChicago Health Department Turns On 277-Sensor Open Air Chicago Monitoring Network

Chicago and UIC launch Open Air Chicago, streaming data from a 277-sensor air monitoring network installed across roughly 60 city ZIP codes.

14 Jul WaterEIB Lends €100 Million To PWN For North Holland Drinking Water Upgrade

EIB lends PWN €100M under InvestEU to renew 750km of pipe and add 35,000 connections in North Holland, a climate-driven 2026-2029 water upgrade.

13 Jul Mobility and TrafficAbu Dhabi Mobility Launches Central Control Room To Monitor Autonomous Vehicles

Abu Dhabi Mobility opened a central control room on the AViTOMS platform to monitor, permit and coordinate its growing driverless vehicle fleet.

13 Jul EnergyBohr Energie Raises €10 Million Series A To Expand Renewable Energy Optimization Platform

Bohr Energie raised €10M Series A led by Suma Capital to scale its renewable aggregation platform and expand into Spain and Italy.

13 Jul EnergyPiq Energy Raises $5 Million Seed To Accelerate Grid Interconnection Studies

Piq Energy raised an oversubscribed $5M seed led by Active Impact Investments to automate grid interconnection studies for US utilities.

13 Jul EnergyAxle Energy Raises $25 Million Series A To Expand Virtual Power Plant Platform

Axle Energy raised a $25M Series A led by Energize Capital to expand its virtual power plant platform across the UK and Europe.

13 Jul WaterAMAM Completes €21 Million PNRR Overhaul Of Messina’s Water Network

Messina's AMAM finishes a €21M PNRR project to digitalize its water network and cut leakage from 53% to 38%, now entering testing and reporting.

13 Jul Street LightingHermosillo Launches Streetlight Remote Management Pilot Across 963 LED Luminaires

Hermosillo launches a streetlight telemanagement pilot on 963 LED luminaires, targeting 1,490 nodes in 2026 to cut public lighting costs.

13 Jul Environmental MonitoringDundee City Council Installs Air Quality Sensors at Three Schools Under EU Urban ReLeaf

Dundee City Council installs PM2.5 sensors at three primary schools under the EU-funded Urban ReLeaf project, publishing live data to PurpleAir.

13 Jul Mobility and TrafficMurcia Deploys AI Occupancy Sensors To Control Capacity In Municipal Buildings

Murcia City Council installs 33 AI optical sensors in a €252,066 rollout to track real-time crowd capacity across public spaces and market halls.

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