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 Fullerton, CA contracted with NORESCO to implement a self-funded energy efficiency project to expand smart city technologies and distributed energy resources. The project will cost $8.4 million to implement, with a guaranteed Read More
The City of Houston has created a collaborative framework – Resilient Now – with the aim of developing a regional master energy plan to enhance local power resilience. Resilient Now – which was launched in Read More
The City of Chicago has completed its Smart Lighting Program’s (CSLP) – a four-year long modernization of its existing street lighting infrastructure. Considered to be the largest city-led wireless smart streetlight program in the US, CSLP Read More
The cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, MN are launching a network of 100% renewably powered on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging points. The new charging points will be able to be used by both private Read More
Bronzeville – a neighborhood of Chicago, IL – now has the country’s first utility microgrid cluster. Commonwealth Edison’s (ComEd) has linked the Bronzeville Community Microgrid with the Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) microgrid – allowing Read More
Xylem – a water technology specialist – partnered with water consultancy Isle Utilities to sponsor a funding mechanism for water utilities to trial new technologies that could help cities address their water management challenges. The Read More
The city of Santa Clarita, CA partnered with Western Systems to install hydrogen fuel cells as the power source for traffic lights at a major intersection. The intersection – which sees an average of 80,000 vehicles Read More
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6 million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest EV fleet charging systems in the United States. The charging Read More
On November 15, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act became law under U.S. President Biden’s signature, allocating $1.2 trillion in federal spending to strengthen the country’s digital and physical infrastructure. The Act is being heralded Read More
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