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Global smart cities market value predicted to surge by 2030

Smart Energy International

A report has been released detailing the rapid growth of the global smart cities market, which will reach $6,965.02 The concept of smart cities is gaining popularity due to rapid urbanisation and favourable government initiatives worldwide. billion by 2030, a CAGR of 24.2%.

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Technology Trending: carbon accounting, condition monitoring, next-gen AI, smart cities

Smart Energy International

del Alamo, Professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. That is the vision for The Line , a “civilizational revolution that puts humans first”, which has been unveiled for the Neom future city development in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Report says smart lampposts can assist Covid response and recovery

Envirotec Magazine

In Barcelona, the City Council has developed a camera-based solution attached to lampposts in the Las Ramblas area to ensure public health on beaches and implement crowd control measures to help tackle Covid. Lockdowns have cost Europe €2 billion per day[1], equivalent to the cost of investing in 2 million smart lampposts every day.”

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Buildings Carbon Negative Solutions is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Electricity Active Surfaces develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. Aquasaic , an ACCEL Year 2 startup, is harnessing biology to clean water for planetary and human health.

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Google and C40 cities launch carbon-free energy pilot

Smart Energy International

Pursuing 24/7 CFE means aiming to meet every kilowatt-hour of electricity consumption with carbon-free sources, every hour of every day, every day of the year. The announcement sees C40 Cities join forces with Google to launch the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy for Cities programme. Piloting CFE.

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Big business must lead the way as part of a post Covid-19 green recovery

Business Green

As the world looks to recover from the current health and economic crises caused by Covid-19, we have an opportunity to accelerate the transition to a modern, clean and healthy energy system. The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a grim global toll on lives, health services, jobs and mental health, but the climate debate hasn't gone away.

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Vattenfall presents a uniquely connected lighting system for municipalities

Smart Energy International

Making streetlights ‘smart’ involves more than just the possibility to control them remotely. Smart’ in the first instance only describes introducing the ability to interchange data between various entities in a wider system. In its simplest form, it allows the lamps to report lamp- or power supply failures. G3-PLC communication.