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3 to 5 Nov 2026Smart 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.
Seoul's Eunpyeong District pilots Gajyeoga, a photo-based app for bulky waste pickup, across more than 220,000 yearly requests.
Smart CityBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design ServicesBrașov city hall launched a 170.48 million lei (€31.99 million), 48-month framework tender for design services covering mobility, smart city and energy.
EnergyEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE ProgrammeThe European Commission selected 77 Innovation Fund projects for €3.4B and 135 LIFE projects for over €390M, including a Greek island virtual power plant.
WasteKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption HubKingston University will lead NORAH, a £3.6M Innovate UK-funded hub to test robotics on contaminated waste, as fewer than 5% of UK waste sites…
Environmental MonitoringKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 CamerasKorea's National Park Service built Bandal Lens AI to identify 17 mammal species from 1,300 cameras, cutting 100,000-image analysis from 208 days to 8…
Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions MonitoringThe UK Space Agency opened a £2M grant call for satellite-based climate, nature and emissions projects, with £150,000 to £400,000 awards and a 11…
Mobility and TrafficAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic DataArity, Allstate's mobility data unit, agreed on October 16, 2026 to acquire substantially all INRIX assets, with closing expected in 2026.
EV ChargingEZO Secures €150M Senior Debt Facility For 3,000 EV Charge Points In UK And IrelandEZO reached financial close on a €150 million, seven-year non-recourse facility to fund more than 3,000 EV charge points across the UK and Ireland.
WasteDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000Dortmund has placed 92 solar-powered, fill-level-reporting Big Belly bins in 14 green spaces and its zoo in a €366,700 pilot funded 65% by the…
IoT and Smart City PlatformBarbados Government Explores Urban Hypervisor Platform Modelled On Brazilian SystemBarbados is examining an urban hypervisor to unify traffic, energy, transport and surveillance data, with Curitiba's €1.1M platform as the nearest benchmark.
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