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2h agoMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone 2h agoEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab 2h agoAlchera Technologies Raises £2.7 Million Seed To Scale M25 Traffic Forecasting For UK Highways 2h agoSwitched Source Raises Over $17 Million To Scale Phase-EQ Grid Capacity Units 8h agoThames Water Opens Market Engagement On A 22-Year Smart Metering Framework Running To 2050 8h agoSubeca Raises About $3M Series A-2 From Burnt Island Ventures, Cycle H2O And SUEZ 8h agoTronsanges Becomes Test Commune For LoRaWAN Street Lighting Controls In France’s Nièvre Department 10 OctGreek Probe Into €500M Of Smart Water Meter Tenders 10 OctLatina Council Backs €13.5M Engie Servizi–IFM Project for 110 Buildings and 14,500 Streetlights 10 OctBoston Public Schools Opens Bidding For AI Stop-Arm Cameras

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16 Dec EV ChargingEVgo Secures $1.25 Billion DOE Loan to Expand Fast-Charging Network

EVgo closes a $1.25 billion U.S. DOE loan to build 7,500 new fast-charging stalls, tripling its network to 10,000 stalls by 2029.

16 Dec EV ChargingCalifornia Approves $1.4 Billion for EV Charging and Hydrogen Infrastructure

The California Energy Commission approves a $1.4 billion plan to fund nearly 17,000 light-duty chargers and zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.

16 Dec Street LightingTALQ Consortium Unveils Enhanced Tender Template for Smart Street Lighting

The TALQ Consortium releases the fourth edition of its outdoor lighting tender template, helping cities draft interoperable multivendor bids.

13 Dec EnergySpotmyEnergy Raises €10.5M to Boost Smart Meter Adoption in Germany

Cologne startup SpotmyEnergy secures €10.5 million to expand smart meter deployment in Germany, where under 2% of power consumers own one.

13 Dec EnergyIberdrola Plans UK Smart Metering Sale

Iberdrola explores the sale of its UK smart metering business to raise around £1 billion. Subsidiary ScottishPower manages over 2.5 million meters.

13 Dec Mobility and TrafficLACROIX Enters Exclusive Negotiations with SWARCO for City-Mobility Sale

LACROIX negotiates the sale of its Traffic and V2X units in France and Spain, which generated €27.3 million, to Austria-based SWARCO.

13 Dec Street LightingEIB Grants €50M Loan to Zumtobel Group for Smart Lighting R&D

The European Investment Bank lends €50 million to Austria's Zumtobel Group to develop energy-efficient smart lighting for smart cities.

13 Dec WaterPerpignan Deploys 120,000 Smart Water Meters for Leak Detection

Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole is deploying 120,000 smart water meters by 2026. The devices use acoustic monitoring to detect leaks.

13 Dec EnergyDCC Begins 4G Smart Meter Hub Rollout for Energy Network in the UK

DCC rolls out 10,000 4G smart meter hubs across Britain to validate upgrades ahead of mass deployment across 20 million premises.

13 Dec Building EfficiencyNext Sense Raises €11.5M to Decarbonise Real Estate

Amsterdam-based Next Sense secures €11.5M in Series A funding to scale its smart building platform and cut real estate energy use by 20-3

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