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VOOL Secures Funding to Advance Smart EV Charging

Estonian EV charging startup, VOOL, has secured €2.9M in funding, comprising €1.3M from a seed round and a €1.6M government grant, to enhance its sales efforts in the nordics and advance its smart EV charging solutions promising optimal grid...

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Qualisteo Raises €5 Million for Global Energy Saving Mission

French company Qualisteo, specializing in smart device energy data, has secured over €5 million in funding to fuel its expansion. The investment, from Terra Nea, Enerfip Gestion, Liberset, and existing shareholders, will support Qualisteo’s...

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Smart Grid Upgrade to Boost Puerto Rico’s Energy Reliability

Puerto Rico’s utility company, Luma, has announced its plan to install more than 1.5 million next-generation Smart Meters and 5,000 smart grid automation devices over the next three years that will improve reliability and resiliency, enable faster...

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UK Launches Smart Street Lamps Initiative

The UK government is investing £1.3m in the Smart Infrastructure Pilots Programme to test smart street lamps in six areas, including Cambridgeshire and Tees Valley, which will house EV charging hubs and enhance wireless coverage, aiming to improve...

New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficVideosurveillanceTagMasterCitilogSweden

Stockholm Introduces AI-Powered Safety for Tunnel

TagMaster, via its subsidiary Citilog, will provide AI and deep learning-based solutions for Stockholm’s Förbifart tunnel from 2023 to 2027, focusing on real-time incident detection to enhance safety and efficiency. Selected by the Swedish...

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New Orleans to Install Smart Water Meters

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is set to install 140,000 smart water meters, replacing outdated analogue ones, to improve billing accuracy and aid leak detection for both residential and business customers. Utilizing Sensus’s FlexNet...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterAustralia

Cairns Boosts Smart Water Initiative with $1.5 Million Investment

Over the next year, Cairns, Australia will install $1.5 million worth of new water meters due to population growth. These 750 meters will support the of Council’s Smart Water Meter (SWM) project’s Phase 2 rollout. Various meter sizes will be...

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Flemish Gov and Orange Launch €23M Connectivity Drive

The Flemish government and Orange Belgium have entered a €23 million five-year agreement covering traditional connectivity, IoT, and 5G standalone services. Orange will provide over 75,000 SIM cards, 9,500 IoT and M2M SIMs, the Orange Phone app,...

Mergers and AcquisitionsOtherNanolikeHolcim

Holcim Invests in Nanolike to Connect Global Silos

Nanolike, a Toulouse-based company specializing in tracking fill levels of containers and silos, is welcoming cement group Holcim as a shareholder. Their partnership aims to expedite the connection of silos in Holcim’s concrete plants. After...

New Project (Pilot)Environmental MonitoringDryad NetworksUK

Marsden Moor Launches Smart Wildfire Detection Initiative

Wildfires electric detection sensors are being installed on Marsden Moor, West Yorkshire by The National Trust after seven fires this year destroyed nearly two square miles of moorland. Partnering with Berlin-based Dryad Networks, these sensors are...

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