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A tool for transforming smart city governance: How The Hague utilised policy benchmarking to develop smart city next steps

Policymaking26 Jul 2023

SmartCitiesWorld takes a closer look at the G20 Global Smart City Alliance’s Benchmarking Tool, and finds out from The Hague’s deputy mayor, digital innovation and smart cities advisor and cybersecurity lead how it can support cities in plotting their route to better smart city technology governance.

The Hague uses AI to reduce laughing gas nuisance

AI and Machine Learning05 Jul 2023

The Netherlands municipality tested the possibility of using smart artificial intelligence cameras to detect laughing gas abuse in the boulevard of Scheveningen.

Global public braced for ‘severe’ effects of climate change

Climate action19 Sep 2022

A survey by the World Economic Forum finds that more than seven in 10 adults, including a majority in every single country, expect climate change to have a severe effect in their regions over the next 10 years.

Netherlands ranked top for green mobility

Road travel16 Feb 2022

Study by Heliox evaluated each country using a combination of criteria including access to public transportation, availability of green options and density of public EV charging stations.

Drones help to monitor movement of Dutch Grand Prix spectators

News27 Sep 2021

The Dutch national railway organisation worked with Fyma, an AI computer vision company, to examine how crowds moved between the train stations and the Zandvoort F1 circuit.

Tallinn named European Green Capital 2023

News21 Sep 2021

The Estonian capital, which impressed the jury with its commitment to green governance, will be awarded €600,000 to support the implementation of measures to enhance its environmental sustainability.

Rotterdam and Grigny share the honours in mayoral awards

News15 Sep 2021

World Mayor Project 2021, run by the City Mayors Foundation, was dedicated to “stronger, fairer and greener cities” and was conducted during the various waves of the pandemic.

Bloomberg partners with selected cities to build back better

News06 Jul 2021

Three-year grants will fund innovation teams, or “i-teams,” to help mayors leverage data and digital technologies to enhance public services and create new value for communities.

LoRaWAN gateways power IoT network at Dutch port

News19 Mar 2021

Kerlink gateways are being used to piggyback on wind turbines at the Dutch Port of Moerdijk, receiving sensor data and information and securely transferring it to users via the IoT network.

Eindhoven social housing development integrates a vertical forest

News08 Mar 2021

Trudo’s social housing project aims to bring together modern design, renewable energy and advanced IoT technology, demonstrating the latest trends in smart urban residential development.

Dutch provinces bring fully electric public transport buses into service

News15 Dec 2020

Keolis is introducing its largest ever single fleet of electric vehicles operating across a single network in the world and is committed to helping the two local public transport authorities navigate the energy transition.

"Battery box" renewable energy project announced for the Netherlands

News03 Nov 2020

The Engie project uses Kiwi Power’s bespoke hardware and virtual power plant software to provide grid flexibility to the system operator TenneT.

Electric bikes on the increase across Europe

News14 Jul 2020

As Europeans adapt to huge changes in their daily lives to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, e-bikes can play a big part in everyone’s future, according to a report commissioned by Shimano.

Energy farm to help German municipality go CO2-free by 2030

News06 Jul 2020

Green Solar and Siemens Energy have signed an agreement to develop a concept for Herzogenrath in Aachen that could make the city a national and international leader in the energy transition.

Blockchain platform developed for mobility-as-a-service

News30 Apr 2020

Sony has announced the development of a blockchain-based common database as part of a challenge proposed by Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.

Netherlands doubles renewable energy subsidies

News23 Mar 2020

In December 2019, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ordered the government to cut the nation’s CO2 emissions by 25 per cent from 1990 levels by the end of 2020.

Rotterdam develops ‘low code’ parking app

News13 Mar 2020

The Dutch municipality has worked with Siemens company Mendix and JAM-IT to build a native app that enables its residents to register the licence plates of visitors’ cars.

21 European cities selected for Bloomberg 'high impact' digital services programme

News14 Jan 2020

The Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative aims to help the cities deliver "high impact" digital services and share lessons learned with the rest of the world.

Netherlands to roll out Europe's largest electric bus fleet

News27 Sep 2019

Keolis’ Dutch subsidiary will support the three transport authorities in the transition to greener mobility and will replace the existing diesel buses with 300 fully electric ones.

Utrecht becomes home to world's largest bike park

News19 Aug 2019

The Municipality of Utrecht, ProRail and NS jointly develop and manage the multistorey Stationsplein parking facility which can hold 12,500 bicycles.

France top for sustainable parking policy

News25 Mar 2019

A report from the European Cyclists’ Federation finds it is the only country that has introduced maximum norms for car parking at a national level.

Netherlands and Norway lead the way in electric car adoption

News13 Mar 2019

A survey by GoCompare reveals that countries such as Australia and Mexico are lagging behind when it comes to EVs per capita

Netherlands to power vehicles with water-based fuel

News22 Feb 2019

Electriq~Global has teamed with Dutch start-up Eleqtec to use the innovative technology to launch recycling plants and introduce a range of e-mobility solutions

Mitsubishi joins Moray offshore project

Wind power26 Mar 2018

Construction of one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms off the coast of Scotland will begin this year

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