Puerto Rico’s first intermunicipal microgrid – Microrred de la Montaña (Microgrid of the Mountain) – is currently being developed by microgrid developer XENDEE and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The microgrid will be managed by Read More
The College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University has received a $100,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to develop recommendations and protocols for the testing and management of soils used in urban agriculture. Read More
Edinburgh, Scotland has received a £2.2m (~US$2.9m) award through Transport Scotland’s Switched on Towns and Cities Challenge Fund to install on-street electric vehicle charging. “I’m pleased to see the Scottish Government investment of £2.2m deliver Read More
The municipality of Örebro in Sweden now has a mobile digital meeting place which will introduce the benefits of digitization to its residents. Much like a bookmobile, the bus will travel around the municipality and Read More
The City of Somerville, MA has partnered with Modern Pest Services for a five-month pilot project to test sensor-equipped rat traps that provide real-time data to inform pest control authorities. The SMART Box pilot is Read More
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) in Korea has released a draft of the Seoul 2040 Comprehensive Plan to create a new urban planning framework for the city over the next 20 years. The Seoul 2040 Read More
The city of Houston, TX has entered into a three year partnership with Rubicon Technologies to install its software platforms that will completely digitize the city’s waste and recycling systems. The system is currently being Read More
Six cities will soon launch civic technology pilots with help from The National League of Cities and CivStart – a nonprofit for civic technology innovation. The yearlong program is called “City Inclusive Ecosystems,” and aims Read More
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced its latest initiative – the “City Data Alliance” – designed to enhance the ability of cities across North and South America in reaching “an even higher standard” of data-informed decision making. Bloomberg Read More
TechConnect announced winners of the ninth annual Smart Cities Startup Challenge. The challenge highlights the nation’s most promising innovations which align with funding priorities from the US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the US Department Read More
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