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   workflows with foresight "myopic" and still needs to be added foresight option
   "perfect".
 
-* Swiched the energy totals year from 2011 to 2013 to comply with the assumed default weather year.
+* Switched the energy totals year from 2011 to 2013 to comply with the assumed default weather year.
 
 
 PyPSA-Eur 0.9.0 (5th January 2024)