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1h agoTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters 1h agoOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme 5h agoMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone 5h agoEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab 5h agoAlchera Technologies Raises £2.7 Million Seed To Scale M25 Traffic Forecasting For UK Highways 5h agoSwitched Source Raises Over $17 Million To Scale Phase-EQ Grid Capacity Units 11h agoThames Water Opens Market Engagement On A 22-Year Smart Metering Framework Running To 2050 11h agoSubeca Raises About $3M Series A-2 From Burnt Island Ventures, Cycle H2O And SUEZ 11h agoTronsanges Becomes Test Commune For LoRaWAN Street Lighting Controls In France’s Nièvre Department 10 OctGreek Probe Into €500M Of Smart Water Meter Tenders

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7 Feb Environmental MonitoringWorcestershire Launch a New Air Quality Initiative with EarthSense

Worcestershire Regulatory Services is deploying 24 EarthSense air quality monitors across the county to track pollutants and issue public alerts.

7 Feb Street LightingFluvius Launches Eco-Smart LED Lighting Upgrade in Belgium

Belgian grid operator Fluvius partners with Itron and Lightwell to upgrade over 1 million streetlamps to LED across 300 municipalities by 2028.

7 Feb WaterACWA Robotics Raises €4.8M for Water Network Inspection

France's ACWA Robotics raises €4.8 million to develop its Pathfinder robot, which provides pipeline inspection and georeferencing for water networks.

7 Feb Building EfficiencyEDF Invests €4.5M in Spotr for Advanced Building Inspections

EDF invests €4.5 million in Dutch startup Spotr to support AI building inspections and help decarbonize housing and commercial properties in Europe.

7 Feb EV ChargingCalifornia Funds $208M for Smart EV Charging Tech

The California Energy Commission awards over $208 million to develop residential smart EV charging solutions that respond to dynamic grid signals.

31 Jan VideosurveillanceFrance Picks 3 Firms for 2024 Olympics Smart Surveillance

France selects three firms for four €2M smart video surveillance lots to detect crowd movement and abandoned items at the 2024 Olympics.

31 Jan WasteAustria Boosts Recycling with Sensoneo

Austria selects Sensoneo to develop IT for its deposit return system, aiming to lift beverage container recycling from 70% to 80% by 2025.

31 Jan WasteUK’s SWEEEP Launches AI E-Waste Sorter

SWEEEP Kuusakoski deploys an AI-powered optical sorter at its Sittingbourne site to identify hazardous items like batteries in electronic waste.

31 Jan Mobility and TrafficMiovision Expands Smart Traffic Solution with New Acquisition

Canadian mobility firm Miovision acquires Texas-based CJ Hensch & Associates in its fifth acquisition to expand accident prevention capabilities.

31 Jan Mobility and TrafficIllinois’s $6M Smart Traffic Upgrade

Illinois transportation agencies sign $6M in contracts with Iteris to deploy a smart mobility platform aimed at improving traffic signal timing.

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