Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingEnvironmental MonitoringAcinque TecnologieItaly

Acinque to Modernize Street Lighting in Eleven Italian Municipalities

Apr 24, 2024

Acinque Tecnologie will modernize the public lighting in eleven municipalities around Merate, Italy, by replacing 8,000 light points with LED systems at a cost of €4 million. Starting next summer, the project will add over 60 kilometers of new...

PolicyMobility and TrafficAutoriteit PersoonsgegevensNetherlands

Dutch Data Protection Authority Raises Concerns Over Traffic Light Surveillance

Apr 24, 2024

In the Netherlands, increasing numbers of traffic lights are capable of connecting to the mobile phones of road users to collect personal data. The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) has expressed serious concerns about these surveillance capabilities...

New Project (Full-Scale)Public FundingEnergyUSA

City of Mesa Receives $1.7 M for Advanced Water Meter Project

Apr 24, 2024

The city of Mesa, Arizona, is set to enhance its water management system with a $1.7 million federal grant earmarked for its comprehensive Smart Meter Upgrade project. Part of an $82 million initiative, this project aims to replace over 200,000...

New Project (Pilot)WaterCSIROUK

AquaWatch Water Quality Monitoring Expands to UK

Apr 24, 2024

Australia’s AquaWatch initiative, originally developed to act like a weather service for monitoring water quality including early warning forecasts, will be set up in the UK. This marks the first international expansion of the system,...

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringNOAAUSA

Community Scientists to Map Urban Heat Islands in 14 U.S. Cities

Apr 24, 2024

This summer, a team of community scientists will employ advanced sensors to map urban heat islands in 14 U.S. cities, as part of a NOAA led federal initiative to address heat inequities. These sensors, mounted on volunteers’ cars, record...

New Project (Full-Scale)Public FundingEnergyE.ONHungary

E.ON Expands Smart Meter Installation in Hungary

Apr 24, 2024

E.ON Hungária Group has launched a significant expansion of its smart meter infrastructure in Hungary, installing over 165,000 new devices in Transdanubia and Pest County, including Budapest. This effort is part of a larger initiative that has...

New Project (Full-Scale)EnergyFirstEnergyUSA

FirstEnergy Ohio to Expand Smart Meter Rollout

Apr 24, 2024

Three Ohio utilities will expand their smart meter installations by an additional 1.4 million units as part of FirstEnergy’s $421 million grid modernization plan. This second phase follows the first one from 2019, where about 706,000 smart meters...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterIoT NetworksSuezVodafone

Suez and Vodafone Team Up to Install 2 million NB-IoT Water Meters

Apr 17, 2024

Suez and Vodafone are collaborating to accelerate the global rollout of remote water meter readings using Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology. They aim to install over 2 million NB-IoT meters by 2030. According to their press release, this technology...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterPRASAFEMAUSA

Puerto Rico to Deploy 1.4 million Smart Water Meters

Apr 17, 2024

In the US, Puerto Rico’s Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) will upgrade nearly 1.4 million mechanical water meters to smart meters with a $711 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This initiative, aimed at...

Project ReportWaterItaly

Naples Advances Water Management with Smart Meter Installation

Apr 17, 2024

The city of Naples in Italy is modernizing its water management by introducing AMI smart meters in homes, enhancing service and reducing waste. As part of a €27 million project, with €21 million already funded, Naples aims to install 30,000...