Smart City & Utility Industry News

PartnershipEnvironmental MonitoringOverwatch ImagingOregon Department of Forestry (ODF)USA

Oregon Deploys $13.2M AI-Equipped Aircraft to Advance Wildfire Detection

Apr 21, 2026

The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has commissioned a new Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA) carrying an AI-enabled sensor suite designed to detect emerging wildfires faster, track fire behaviour in real time, and extend aerial intelligence to a...

PartnershipMobility and TrafficBikeDokUK

Cardiff Expands Smart Cycle Parking with 50 Solar-Powered Secure Lockers

Apr 20, 2026

Cardiff Council is rolling out 50 solar-powered smart cycle lockers across the Welsh capital under a five-year contract with BikeDok, marking the second phase of the city’s effort to address one of Wales’s most persistent urban cycling...

Mobility and TrafficUK highway authoritiesAppyWayUK

UK Highway Authorities Get Unified Tool for Digital Traffic Orders and Asset Management

Apr 20, 2026

UK highway authorities now have an integrated path to digital traffic regulation order (D-TRO) compliance following a partnership between AppyWay, a specialist in kerbside and traffic order management software, and Brightly Software, a Siemens...

FundingEnergyWaterBarbara IoT

Barbara IoT Closes €4.5M Round to Scale Edge AI Into Global Critical Infrastructure Markets

Apr 20, 2026

Barbara IoT, the Basque-founded industrial edge AI platform specialist, has secured a €4.5 million strategic funding round to accelerate its international expansion and consolidate its technology across energy, mobility, industry, and...

New Project (Full-Scale)WasteAerbitsUSA

Oakland Moves to Deploy AI Drones Across 1,440 Miles of Streets to Map Illegal Dumping

Apr 20, 2026

Oakland’s city government has taken the first formal step toward contracting Aerbits, a San Francisco-based startup, to operate AI-equipped drones across the city’s most dump-prone corridors in a six-month, $150,000 pilot program. The...

FundingCreandumEnergyEnode

Oslo-Based Enode Raises $15M Series A to Scale Energy Device Connectivity API

Apr 20, 2026

Enode, the Oslo-headquartered startup building connectivity infrastructure for distributed energy resources (DERs), has closed a $15 million Series A round to expand its API platform and accelerate entry into new markets, with particular focus on...

Mergers and AcquisitionsWasteCP GroupRecycleye

CP Group Takes Majority Stake in Recycleye to Bolster AI-Driven Material Recovery

Apr 16, 2026

San Diego-based CP Group has acquired a majority stake in London-headquartered Recycleye, bringing one of Europe’s most active AI vision sorting specialists under the umbrella of a material recovery facility integrator that has designed and...

Upcoming projectStreet LightingItaly

Genoa Advances Smart Lighting Strategy With €1M Smart City Investment on the Horizon

Apr 16, 2026

The Municipality of Genoa is preparing to allocate approximately one million euros toward smart city projects tied to its public lighting network, as the Italian port city pushes to extract greater intelligence and safety value from an ongoing €34...

Upcoming projectMobility and TrafficUSA

Palm Beach County Deploys $5.75M Adaptive Traffic System on Okeechobee and Quadrille Corridors

Apr 16, 2026

Palm Beach County is moving forward with the installation of an Adaptive Traffic Control System (ATCS) across two of downtown West Palm Beach’s most congested corridors, in a two-phase upgrade backed by nearly $5.75 million in state grants...

New Project (Full-Scale)EV ChargingEngie VianeoBelgium

Wallonia Awards ENGIE Vianeo 10-Year Concession for 2,926 Public EV Charge Points

Apr 16, 2026

Wallonia has selected ENGIE Vianeo as the concessionaire for a region-wide public electric vehicle (EV) charging rollout covering 242 municipalities, with the energy group’s EV mobility brand set to install 1,625 charging stations delivering...