Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Full-Scale)EV Chargingan Diego County Air Pollution Control DistrictEVergedUSA

San Diego Unlocks $16.5M in County Grants to Expand Public EV Charging

Apr 22, 2026

The City of San Diego is moving forward with a new wave of electric vehicle charging infrastructure at nine public facilities, backed by more than $16.5 million in county air quality grants. The funding will support 67 new charging ports across a...

PartnershipMobility and TrafficIterisFlorida Department of Transportation (FDOT)USA

Florida Renews $31 Million Tampa Bay Traffic Operations Contract with Iteris

Apr 22, 2026

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 7 has awarded Iteris, a smart mobility infrastructure management firm, a five-year, $31 million contract to continue running the Tampa Bay area’s Regional Transportation Management...

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Badger Meter Acquires UK’s UDlive for $100M to Anchor Global Sewer Monitoring Strategy

Apr 22, 2026

Badger Meter has signed a definitive agreement to acquire UDlive Limited, a UK-based provider of hardware-enabled software solutions for sewer line monitoring, for $100 million plus contingent consideration. The deal, funded entirely from cash on...

New Project (Pilot)EV ChargingVattenfallEnergy BankSweden

Sweden Scales Up Vehicle-to-Grid Testing with 200 Bidirectional Chargers

Apr 21, 2026

Vattenfall, the Swedish state-owned energy utility, has formally launched a large-scale bidirectional charging pilot that will deploy 200 vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers across central and southern Sweden, with the programme running through 2028. The...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterMP Irrigation SLSpain

Calp Deploys Sensor-Based Irrigation Network Under EU Next Generation Funding

Apr 21, 2026

The Calp Town Council has begun installing a smart irrigation system across two of its main public garden avenues, marking the first physical infrastructure deployment under the municipality’s broader programme to become a certified Smart...

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...

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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...