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32 min agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 1h agoMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding 18h agoWest Sussex County Council Trials Dashboard AI Cameras On 8 Highway Inspection Vehicles 6 OctKurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter 5 OctCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data 5 OctUkraine’s Decarbonization Fund Buys 40,000 NB-IoT Gas Meter Modules For UAH 187.2 Million 4 OctGermany Opens Its Grid To Bidirectional EV Charging 3 OctAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays 3 OctGreek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network 2 OctMonza Approves €615,000 Camera Upgrade At 14 Signalised Intersections Under SAMU 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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11 Feb EnergyNeara Hits A$1.1 Billion Valuation After A$90M Series D for Grid Digital Twins

Neara raises A$90M Series D, reaching A$1.1B unicorn valuation, to scale AI-powered grid digital twins amid surging data center energy demand

11 Feb Street LightingPuebla Prepares Tender for 35 Smart Poles With Surveillance, Panic Buttons and Free Wi-Fi

Puebla launches tender for 35 smart poles with cameras, panic buttons, Wi-Fi and LED lighting linked to the city's DERI emergency center.

11 Feb WasteMauges Communauté Pilots AI Camera on Waste Truck To Tackle Sorting Errors

Mauges Communauté launches a 12-month AI waste truck pilot with Ficha and Brangeon to detect sorting errors across rural western France.

11 Feb IoT NetworksNorthumberland Council Taps Connexin For Countywide LoRaWAN IoT Network Rollout

Connexin begins installing LoRaWAN gateways across Northumberland as part of council partnership to enable IoT-based municipal services.

5 Feb EnergyNational Grid And Atos Unveil Triton Digital Twin To Accelerate UK Grid Planning

National Grid and Atos launch Triton digital twin to cut UK grid planning time by 70%, supporting the Great Grid Upgrade's clean energy goals.

5 Feb WaterPuerto Rico Taps Badger Meter For 1.6 Million Cellular Smart Water Meters Deployments

Puerto Rico selects Badger Meter for 1.6M-connection cellular AMI deployment to tackle 59% water loss rate across island-wide network.

5 Feb Smart CityLuxembourg Reopens €5M Smart City Fund With €4M Still Available For Municipalities

Luxembourg opens a second smart city grant call with €4 million available for communes, offering up to 80% co-financing through March 2026.

5 Feb WaterNorthumbrian Water Invests £175M in Smart Monitoring and Sewer Modernisation for Berwick

Northumbrian Water plans £175M Berwick-upon-Tweed sewer upgrade with smart monitoring and storm tank replacements starting spring 2027.

5 Feb EnergyOfgem Enforces New Smart Meter Compensation Rules Across Great Britain

Ofgem enforces new smart meter rules from February 2026 with £40 automatic compensation for delays, failed installs, and unresolved faults.

5 Feb WaterVodafone Business Signs Decade-Long Deal To Power AI River Monitoring Across The UK

Vodafone Business signs 10-year deal with Additive Catchments to connect AI water quality sensors across UK rivers.

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