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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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 Mobility and TrafficCCTA and Monotch Begin One-Year Connected Mobility Demonstration in Concord, California

CCTA and Monotch launch a one-year Concord demo testing Europe's TLEX platform on US traffic signals, Cubic controllers and V2X standards.

 WasteCagnes-sur-Mer Begins Smart Bin Trial On Seafront Following Nice Rollout

Cagnes-sur-Mer installs a 7,000-euro solar compacting bin on its seafront. The pilot tests autonomous fill sensors to cut summer waste collection runs.

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