article thumbnail

Spain’s Fuengirola embarks on smart city transformation

Smart Energy International

The City of Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain is to deploy Itron’s smart city platform including an IIoT device optimised mesh network and the SLV device and data management platform. The solution will enable the City of Fuengirola to deploy a wide range of smart city applications.

article thumbnail

Beach battery powers Dutch coast smart grid project

Smart Energy International

The beach battery enables even smarter energy management, addressing significant challenges posed by the energy transition in cities like The Hague. Initiatives like this contribute to making Scheveningen a more sustainable place,” said Saskia Bruines, deputy mayor of the municipality of The Hague.

Batteries 105
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

PVC cables sector has worked to reduce toxic emissions, as sector conference explores

Envirotec Magazine

The most recent developments in sustainability and innovation in the PVC cables sector were discussed on 5 October at the 3rd PVC4Cables* Conference in Bologna, Italy, as an announcement from the group explains. Recycling is a key element for the sustainability of PVC cables.

Recycling 130
article thumbnail

Ed’s note: Innovation for utility challenges in a volatile world

Smart Energy International

EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) is a highly diverse area, both between the individual regions and across them. Pointing to infrastructure as a top challenge along with the environment and social imbalances, he continued that it is our obligation to do more, using new technology to innovate and drive sustainability.

article thumbnail

How digitalisation and sustainability will shape the construction industry of the future – 7 trends

Smart Energy International

More sustainable and digital: The construction and real estate industry is on the verge of substantial changes. Siemens Smart Infrastructure has identified seven trends that show where the journey is headed. By Michael Kiy, director of innovation management, Siemens Smart Infrastructure. Register now. Looking ahead.

article thumbnail

Generate Capital gets $2bn boost for 'sustainable infrastructure' projects

Business Green

Even amid the truly serious money flowing into climate tech and sustainable infrastructure, the $2bn infusion disclosed by Generate Capital earlier this week is truly stratospheric. Generate's backers hail from Australia, Canada, Europe and the U.S.

article thumbnail

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves

GreenBiz

In fact, in Europe and the United States, more people die of heat waves than from all other natural disasters combined. Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat waves. Smart Cities. Yet extreme heat is progressively posing fatal danger for humanity, particularly for young children and elderly people. Contributors.