Meet Kurrant in Barcelona Smart City Expo World Congress3 to 5 Nov 2026 Pavilion 3 · Booth D151 Our scheduleSchedule Book a meeting
Kurrantly NewsMonday, 2 November 2026 · Smart cities & utilities Get the weekly briefing
Latest
5h agoeThekwini Municipality Plans Citywide Smart Water Meter Rollout Against 58% Non-Revenue Water 5h agoThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency Funds A$4.1M JET Charge V2G Trial YesterdayTALQ Consortium Releases Edition 5 Tender Template For Interoperable Smart Street Lighting YesterdayCity Of Zadar Selects ELIPSA For €197,900 Design Of Intelligent Transport System Phase Two YesterdayTrashLab Raises $12M Growth Round Led By Ventana For Waste Hauler Software YesterdayCovilhã Municipality Awards €19M 16-Year Contract For 19,533 Connected LED Streetlights YesterdayVia Lietuva Awards Jenoptik Baltic €2M Contract For 216 ANPR Cameras On Lithuanian Toll Roads 29 OctBryan Texas Utilities To Replace 50,000 Smart Meters Over Five Years 29 OctUK National Parks Launch Wildfire Resilience Programme In Cairngorms 29 OctAmeresco Completes $5.9M Water Metering Upgrade Covering 8,000 Meters In Mustang, Oklahoma
Kurrantly News · Weekly briefingThe week in smart cities and utilities, in one email

Smart City & Utility Industry News

Projects, tenders, funding and deals in smart water, mobility, lighting, energy and IoT, reported every day by the Kurrant news desk.

Page 158
VideosurveillanceZeroEyes Raises $23M for AI Gun Detection Amid Privacy Debates

ZeroEyes raises $23 million to expand its AI gun detection technology, which is currently deployed across thousands of buildings in 37 states.

 VideosurveillanceBaltimore Schools to Deploy AI Gun Detection on 7,000 Cameras

Baltimore County Public Schools approves a $1.4 million contract to add AI gun detection software to 7,000 security cameras to alert police.

 Mobility and TrafficLTN Vandalism Costs London £850K+

London councils have spent over £850,000 repairing vandalised low-traffic neighbourhood infrastructure since 2020, with Hackney paying £400,000.

 Mobility and TrafficBentley Acquires Blyncsy for AI-Driven Road Maintenance

Bentley Systems acquires Blyncsy to detect over 50 types of roadway issues in real time with AI, replacing manual data collection on roads.

 EnergyGE Vernova Enhances Grid Software with Greenbird Acquisition

GE Vernova acquires Oslo-based Greenbird to integrate utility data and strengthen its GridOS software for sustainable energy grids.

 WaterPortsmouth Water and Kraken Launch Smart Meter Initiative

Portsmouth Water adopts Kraken's platform for 324,000 customers, targeting the rollout of 43,300 smart meters by 203

 Environmental MonitoringAI-Powered ALERTCalifornia: Transforming Wildfire Response

California firefighters use the ALERTCalifornia AI system and over 1,000 cameras to detect wildfire smoke and alert response teams promptly.

 Environmental MonitoringCarbondale Fire Department Adopts Pano AI for Wildfire Detection

Carbondale Fire Department partners with Pano AI to install a $50,000 pair of panoramic cameras on Elephant Mountain tower to scan 24/7 for

 WasteToronto’s Ebb & Flow Aquadrones Combat Harbour Pollution

PortsToronto unveils two WasteShark aquadrones in Toronto Harbour to capture floating debris, collecting up to 1100-lbs of waste daily.

 Mobility and TrafficUSDOT Launches $100M SMART Grant for Innovative Transport Tech

The U.S. Department of Transportation allocates $100 million for IoT and autonomous vehicle projects, with applications open through Oct. 10.

© Kurrant. All Rights Reserved. · Editorial Standards · Cookie settings

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.