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9h agoBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services 9h agoEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE Programme 9h agoKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub 10h agoKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras 10h agoUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring 18h agoAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data 18h agoEZO Secures €150M Senior Debt Facility For 3,000 EV Charge Points In UK And Ireland 19 OctDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000 18 OctBarbados Government Explores Urban Hypervisor Platform Modelled On Brazilian System 18 OctPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project

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.

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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.

28 Feb WaterSimpliciti Acquires GreenCityzen for Environmental IoT Solutions

Aix-en-Provence SME Simpliciti acquires Marseille IoT firm GreenCityzen to broaden market reach across water, waste, and mobility sectors.

28 Feb IoT NetworksVodafone Spain and Aqualia’s NB-IoT Smart Water Meter Initiative

Vodafone Spain and Aqualia partner to connect over one million NB-IoT water meters, with more than 250,000 online to enhance leak detection

28 Feb Mobility and TrafficWaterloo is Enhancing Mobility with Smart Sensors

Waterloo, Belgium, plans to install 10 Telraam sensors to track road mobility data, supporting a goal to boost cycling fivefold by 2030.

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