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5h agoed Eléctrica Deploys NB-IoT-Connected Dynamic Line Rating on 220 kV Pyrenees Line 5h agoNyquis Raises $6.3M Seed Round For Substation Waveform Monitoring To Cut Wildfire Risk 5h agoBMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services 5h agoThames Water Tenders £1.58B Smart Metering Contract in Two Lots Running to 2035 and Beyond 6h agoGreece Directs €325.3M to Municipal Smart City and Digital Transformation Programmes 6h agoEmcali Selects Consortium for COP 450B Cali Streetlight Overhaul of 101,037 LED Luminaires 6h agoCanberra Adds 16,000 Itron Controllers, Taking Connected Streetlights Above 47,000 7h agoBarcelona City Council Picks Kapsch and Acisa for €100,000 Each to Pilot AI Traffic Signals 8h agoSortrace Raises $800,000 Led by Almi Invest for Waste Truck Sorting Cameras in Sweden 8h agoPortugal’s €5B Água que Une Water Strategy Faces €371M Annual EU-Identified Funding Gap

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5 Feb WaterSuez Tests Drone Technology for Water Leak Detection in Rural France

Suez tests thermal camera drones in Auxerre, scanning 3.5 kilometers of rural water pipes in 20 minutes to improve an 80% network efficiency rate.

5 Feb EnergyIONATE Secures €16.3M in Series A Funding for Smart Grid Technology

London deeptech startup IONATE raises $17 million in Series A funding to expand its smart electricity grid technology into the US market.

4 Feb Street LightingRAGNI GROUP Expands in North America Through Joint Venture with EXPERIENCE BRANDS

Ragni Group forms a North American joint venture with Experience Brands in Gaffney, South Carolina, to centralize its regional operations.

4 Feb EnergyMariehamn Energi Adopts TH1NG’s IoT Platform for Digital Transformation

Mariehamn Energi signs a €26,500 deal with TH1NG to deploy its IoT platform for monitoring power substations across Åland's archipelago.

4 Feb Mobility and TrafficPalm Bay Receives $160,090 Grant for Smart Traffic Signal Synchronization

Palm Bay secures a $160,090 federal grant to synchronize traffic signals across seven intersections, cutting emissions and stop-and-go driving.

4 Feb EV ChargingConnected Kerb Secures €78M to Expand UK’s EV Charging Network

Connected Kerb secures £65 million from the National Wealth Fund and Aviva to expand its UK network from 9,000 to 40,00

4 Feb Street LightingPisa Approves Smart City Public Lighting Redevelopment

Pisa selects Engie Servizi from six bidders to overhaul its public lighting with second-generation LEDs and smart traffic technologies.

4 Feb IoT NetworksCity of Altea Expands LoRaWAN Network for Citywide IoT Coverage

Altea deploys 25 new LoRaWAN access points to achieve citywide IoT coverage and support the remote reading of 18,000 smart water meters.

4 Feb VideosurveillanceFrench Court Bans AI Surveillance Software, Setting Precedent

A Grenoble court orders the town of Moirans to stop using Briefcam algorithmic video surveillance, ruling the software breaches GDPR privacy laws.

3 Feb WaterBadger Meter Acquires SmartCover Systems for $185 Million to Expand Water Management Solutions

Badger Meter buys SmartCover Systems for $185 million in cash, adding sewer monitoring sensors and software to its water management platform.

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