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 * Update workflow to geopandas >= 1.0 `PR #1276 <https://github.com/pypsa-meets-earth/pypsa-earth/pull/1276>`__
 
+* Introduce universal currency conversion
+
 **Minor Changes and bug-fixing**
 
 * Align structure of the components with consistency checks in the updated PyPSA version `PR #1315 <https://github.com/pypsa-meets-earth/pypsa-earth/pull/1315>`__