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Kingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub Kingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub

Kingston 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 are automated.

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WasteKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub

Kingston 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 Cameras

Korea'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 Monitoring

The 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 Data

Arity, 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 Ireland

EZO 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 €367,000

Dortmund 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 System

Barbados is examining an urban hypervisor to unify traffic, energy, transport and surveillance data, with Curitiba's €1.1M platform as the nearest benchmark.

 WaterPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project

Porto-Vecchio will fit 12,800 water meters with remote reading in a €1M project due by June 2028, as its water contract nears expiry.

 Smart GridDuquesne Light Adds 20,000 Itron Edge Intelligence Endpoints To Pittsburgh Grid

Duquesne Light Company expands its Itron partnership with 20,000 distributed intelligence endpoints for fault detection across its Pittsburgh-area grid.

 Smart GridVoltus Raises $225M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management

Voltus raises an oversubscribed $225 million Series D to grow its flexible capacity from 8.5 GW toward 20 GW by 2030 across the US…

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