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3h agoDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000 9h agoBarbados Government Explores Urban Hypervisor Platform Modelled On Brazilian System YesterdayPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project YesterdayDuquesne Light Adds 20,000 Itron Edge Intelligence Endpoints To Pittsburgh Grid YesterdayVoltus Raises $225M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management YesterdayRabot Energy Raises €50M Series B Led By Endeit And DeepTech & Climate Fonds YesterdayNew Orleans Sewerage And Water Board Installs Smart Meters For All Residential Customers 17 OctSouthern Water Tests Lightsonic Leak Detection On Openreach’s Fibre Network 16 OctConnexin Secures Up To £35M To Extend UK LoRaWAN Smart Water Meter Network 14 OctTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters

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

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6 Mar IoT and Smart City PlatformMadrid’s Smart Surveillance Upgrade for Safer Municipalities

Madrid boosts municipal security with smart surveillance, focusing on vehicle monitoring, crime prevention, and sustainable mobility.

6 Mar EnergyNIPSCO Launches Advanced Electric Meter Upgrade

Indiana utility NIPSCO launches an advanced electric meter rollout for 490,000 customers over three years to enable remote meter reading.

6 Mar Environmental MonitoringCanada’s First Resort with Advanced Wildfire Detection

Predator Ridge near Vernon deploys 100 sensors and five cameras from SenseNet to detect wildfires early, aiding faster emergency response.

6 Mar IoT NetworksRhode Island’s $153M Smart Meter Grid Modernization

Rhode Island Energy will deploy 530,000 smart meters across the state under a $153 million plan starting in 2025 to integrate renewable energy

6 Mar EV ChargingSeattle Pioneers Wireless Charging for Electric Buses

Seattle becomes the first North American city to deploy wirelessly charged double-decker electric buses, using InductEV in-ground systems on I-405.

6 Mar EV ChargingE-Totem Wins €50M EV Charging Contract in Montpellier

E-Totem wins a €50 million contract to install 600 electric vehicle chargers and 100 electric bike points in Montpellier, France by 2026

28 Feb Street LightingLondrina’s Smart Streetlight Upgrade for Energy Savings & 5G

Londrina partners with Lactec on a $1.6M project to remotely manage 65,000 streetlights, saving energy and enabling future 5G integrations.

28 Feb IoT NetworksBT Group Unveils NB-IoT Network for Smart Cities and Industries

BT Group launches a multi-million-pound NB-IoT network covering 97% of the outdoor population to connect smart city and utility IoT devices.

28 Feb Environmental MonitoringUS EPA Allocates $83 Million for Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring

The US EPA is allocating $83 million to expand air quality monitoring networks, addressing gaps in the two-thirds of US counties lacking equipment.

28 Feb IoT Networks€2M Boost for Connected’s Space NB-IoT Project

Portugal's Connected raises €2M in Pre-Seed funding to develop space-based NB-IoT connectivity for off-grid areas, planning tests by late 2024.

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