diff --git a/envs/environment.yaml b/envs/environment.yaml
index 96278f6f2..dd5670196 100644
--- a/envs/environment.yaml
+++ b/envs/environment.yaml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ dependencies:
 # starting from 1.3.5 numpoly requires numpy>2.0 which leads to issues
 - numpoly<=1.3.4
 - pandas
-- geopandas>=0.11.0
-- fiona!=1.8.22
+- geopandas>=1
+- fiona>=1.10
 - xarray>=2023.11.0, <2023.12.0
 - netcdf4
 - networkx
diff --git a/envs/linux-pinned.yaml b/envs/linux-pinned.yaml
index fadd8a2fe..9faa2139b 100644
--- a/envs/linux-pinned.yaml
+++ b/envs/linux-pinned.yaml
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ dependencies:
 - atk-1.0=2.38.0
 - atlite=0.3.0
 - attr=2.5.1
-- attrs=24.2.0
+- attrs=24.3.0
 - aws-c-auth=0.8.0
 - aws-c-cal=0.8.1
-- aws-c-common=0.10.5
+- aws-c-common=0.10.6
 - aws-c-compression=0.3.0
 - aws-c-event-stream=0.5.0
 - aws-c-http=0.9.2
 - aws-c-io=0.15.3
 - aws-c-mqtt=0.11.0
-- aws-c-s3=0.7.5
+- aws-c-s3=0.7.7
 - aws-c-sdkutils=0.2.1
 - aws-checksums=0.2.2
 - aws-crt-cpp=0.29.7
@@ -50,30 +50,30 @@ dependencies:
 - beautifulsoup4=4.12.3
 - bleach=6.2.0
 - blosc=1.21.6
-- bokeh=3.5.2
+- bokeh=3.6.2
 - bottleneck=1.4.2
-- branca=0.7.2
+- branca=0.8.1
 - brotli=1.1.0
 - brotli-bin=1.1.0
 - brotli-python=1.1.0
 - brotlicffi=1.1.0.0
 - bzip2=1.0.8
-- c-ares=1.34.3
+- c-ares=1.34.4
 - c-blosc2=2.15.2
-- ca-certificates=2024.8.30
+- ca-certificates=2024.12.14
 - cached-property=1.5.2
 - cached_property=1.5.2
 - cairo=1.18.2
 - capnproto=1.0.2
 - cartopy=0.23.0
 - cdsapi=0.7.5
-- certifi=2024.8.30
+- certifi=2024.12.14
 - cffi=1.17.1
 - cfgv=3.3.1
 - cfitsio=4.4.1
 - cftime=1.6.4
 - charset-normalizer=3.4.0
-- click=8.1.7
+- click=8.1.8
 - click-plugins=1.1.1
 - cligj=0.7.2
 - cloudpickle=3.1.0
@@ -94,23 +94,24 @@ dependencies:
 - cpp-expected=1.1.0
 - cycler=0.12.1
 - cyrus-sasl=2.1.27
-- cytoolz=1.0.0
-- dask=2024.12.0
-- dask-core=2024.12.0
-- dask-expr=1.1.20
+- cytoolz=1.0.1
+- dask=2024.12.1
+- dask-core=2024.12.1
+- dask-expr=1.1.21
 - datapi=0.1.1
 - datashader=0.16.3
 - datrie=0.8.2
 - dbus=1.13.6
-- debugpy=1.8.10
+- debugpy=1.8.11
 - decorator=5.1.1
 - defusedxml=0.7.1
 - deprecation=2.1.0
 - descartes=1.1.0
 - distlib=0.3.9
-- distributed=2024.12.0
+- distributed=2024.12.1
 - docutils=0.21.2
 - dpath=2.2.0
+- earth-osm=2.3.post1
 - entrypoints=0.4
 - entsoe-py=0.6.11
 - et_xmlfile=2.0.0
@@ -118,9 +119,9 @@ dependencies:
 - executing=2.1.0
 - expat=2.6.4
 - filelock=3.16.1
-- fiona=1.9.6
+- fiona=1.10.1
 - fmt=11.0.2
-- folium=0.19.0
+- folium=0.19.2
 - font-ttf-dejavu-sans-mono=2.37
 - font-ttf-inconsolata=3.000
 - font-ttf-source-code-pro=2.038
@@ -133,19 +134,19 @@ dependencies:
 - freetype=2.12.1
 - freexl=2.0.0
 - fribidi=1.0.10
-- fsspec=2024.10.0
+- fsspec=2024.12.0
 - future=1.0.0
 - gdal=3.9.3
 - gdk-pixbuf=2.42.12
 - geographiclib=2.0
 - geojson-rewind=1.1.0
-- geopandas=0.14.3
-- geopandas-base=0.14.3
+- geopandas=1.0.1
+- geopandas-base=1.0.1
 - geopy=2.4.1
 - geos=3.13.0
 - geotiff=1.7.3
-- geoviews=1.13.1
-- geoviews-core=1.13.1
+- geoviews=1.14.0
+- geoviews-core=1.14.0
 - gettext=0.22.5
 - gettext-tools=0.22.5
 - gflags=2.2.2
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ dependencies:
 - gurobi=12.0.0
 - h11=0.14.0
 - h2=4.1.0
-- harfbuzz=9.0.0
+- harfbuzz=10.1.0
 - hdf4=4.2.15
 - hdf5=1.14.3
 - holoviews=1.20.0
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ dependencies:
 - httpcore=1.0.7
 - httpx=0.28.1
 - humanfriendly=10.0
-- hvplot=0.11.1
+- hvplot=0.11.2
 - hyperframe=6.0.1
 - icu=75.1
 - identify=2.6.3
@@ -182,14 +183,14 @@ dependencies:
 - importlib-metadata=8.5.0
 - importlib_metadata=8.5.0
 - importlib_resources=6.4.5
-- inflate64=1.0.0
+- inflate64=1.0.1
 - iniconfig=2.0.0
-- ipopt=3.14.16
+- ipopt=3.14.17
 - ipykernel=6.29.5
-- ipython=8.30.0
+- ipython=8.31.0
 - isoduration=20.11.0
 - jedi=0.19.2
-- jinja2=3.1.4
+- jinja2=3.1.5
 - joblib=1.4.2
 - json-c=0.18
 - json5=0.10.0
@@ -200,10 +201,10 @@ dependencies:
 - jupyter-lsp=2.2.5
 - jupyter_client=8.6.3
 - jupyter_core=5.7.2
-- jupyter_events=0.10.0
-- jupyter_server=2.14.2
+- jupyter_events=0.11.0
+- jupyter_server=2.15.0
 - jupyter_server_terminals=0.5.3
-- jupyterlab=4.3.3
+- jupyterlab=4.3.4
 - jupyterlab_pygments=0.3.0
 - jupyterlab_server=2.27.3
 - kealib=1.6.0
@@ -229,12 +230,12 @@ dependencies:
 - libbrotlienc=1.1.0
 - libcap=2.71
 - libcblas=3.9.0
-- libclang-cpp19.1=19.1.5
-- libclang13=19.1.5
+- libclang-cpp19.1=19.1.6
+- libclang13=19.1.6
 - libcrc32c=1.1.2
 - libcups=2.3.3
 - libcurl=8.11.1
-- libdeflate=1.22
+- libdeflate=1.23
 - libdrm=2.4.124
 - libedit=3.1.20191231
 - libegl=1.7.0
@@ -282,14 +283,14 @@ dependencies:
 - liblapack=3.9.0
 - liblapacke=3.9.0
 - libllvm14=14.0.6
-- libllvm19=19.1.5
+- libllvm19=19.1.6
 - liblzma=5.6.3
 - liblzma-devel=5.6.3
-- libmamba=2.0.4
+- libmamba=2.0.5
 - libnetcdf=4.9.2
 - libnghttp2=1.64.0
 - libnsl=2.0.1
-- libntlm=1.4
+- libntlm=1.8
 - libogg=1.3.5
 - libopenblas=0.3.28
 - libopus=1.3.1
@@ -305,7 +306,6 @@ dependencies:
 - libsndfile=1.2.2
 - libsodium=1.0.20
 - libsolv=0.7.30
-- libspatialindex=2.0.0
 - libspatialite=5.1.0
 - libspral=2024.05.08
 - libsqlite=3.47.2
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ dependencies:
 - libutf8proc=2.9.0
 - libuuid=2.38.1
 - libvorbis=1.3.7
-- libwebp-base=1.4.0
+- libwebp-base=1.5.0
 - libxcb=1.17.0
 - libxcrypt=4.4.36
 - libxkbcommon=1.7.0
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ dependencies:
 - lz4=4.3.3
 - lz4-c=1.10.0
 - lzo=2.10
-- mamba=2.0.4
+- mamba=2.0.5
 - mapclassify=2.8.1
 - markdown=3.6
 - markdown-it-py=3.0.0
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ dependencies:
 - munkres=1.1.4
 - mysql-common=9.0.1
 - mysql-libs=9.0.1
-- nbclient=0.10.1
+- nbclient=0.10.2
 - nbconvert-core=7.16.4
 - nbformat=5.10.4
 - ncurses=6.5
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ dependencies:
 - packaging=24.2
 - pandas=2.2.2
 - pandocfilters=1.5.0
-- panel=1.5.4
+- panel=1.5.5
 - pango=1.54.0
-- param=2.1.1
+- param=2.2.0
 - parso=0.8.4
 - partd=1.4.2
 - patsy=1.0.1
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ dependencies:
 - proj=9.5.1
 - prometheus_client=0.21.1
 - prompt-toolkit=3.0.48
+- protobuf=5.28.2
 - psutil=6.1.0
 - pthread-stubs=0.4
 - ptyprocess=0.7.0
@@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ dependencies:
 - py7zr=0.22.0
 - pyarrow=18.1.0
 - pyarrow-core=18.1.0
-- pybcj=1.0.2
+- pybcj=1.0.3
 - pycountry=24.6.1
 - pycparser=2.22
 - pycryptodomex=3.21.0
@@ -467,10 +468,9 @@ dependencies:
 - rfc3986-validator=0.1.1
 - rioxarray=0.17.0
 - rpds-py=0.22.3
-- rtree=1.3.0
 - ruamel.yaml=0.17.26
 - ruamel.yaml.clib=0.2.8
-- s2n=1.5.9
+- s2n=1.5.10
 - scikit-learn=1.6.0
 - scipy=1.14.1
 - seaborn=0.13.2
@@ -478,10 +478,10 @@ dependencies:
 - send2trash=1.8.3
 - setuptools=75.6.0
 - shapely=2.0.6
-- simdjson=3.10.1
+- simdjson=3.11.3
 - sip=6.7.12
 - six=1.17.0
-- smart_open=7.0.5
+- smart_open=7.1.0
 - smmap=5.0.0
 - snakemake-minimal=7.32.4
 - snappy=1.2.1
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ dependencies:
 - texttable=1.7.0
 - threadpoolctl=3.5.0
 - throttler=1.2.2
-- tiledb=2.26.2
+- tiledb=2.27.0
 - tinycss2=1.4.0
 - tk=8.6.13
 - toml=0.10.2
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ dependencies:
 - unidecode=1.3.8
 - uri-template=1.3.0
 - uriparser=0.9.8
-- urllib3=2.2.3
+- urllib3=2.3.0
 - validators=0.34.0
 - virtualenv=20.28.0
 - wcwidth=0.2.13
@@ -540,17 +540,16 @@ dependencies:
 - xerces-c=3.2.5
 - xkeyboard-config=2.43
 - xlrd=2.0.1
-- xorg-libice=1.1.1
-- xorg-libsm=1.2.4
+- xorg-libice=1.1.2
+- xorg-libsm=1.2.5
 - xorg-libx11=1.8.10
-- xorg-libxau=1.0.11
+- xorg-libxau=1.0.12
 - xorg-libxdamage=1.1.6
 - xorg-libxdmcp=1.1.5
 - xorg-libxext=1.3.6
 - xorg-libxfixes=6.0.1
-- xorg-libxrender=0.9.11
-- xorg-libxxf86vm=1.1.5
-- xorg-xf86vidmodeproto=2.3.1
+- xorg-libxrender=0.9.12
+- xorg-libxxf86vm=1.1.6
 - xyzservices=2024.9.0
 - xz=5.6.3
 - xz-gpl-tools=5.6.3
@@ -568,10 +567,8 @@ dependencies:
 - zstd=1.5.6
 - pip:
   - chaospy==4.3.17
-  - earth-osm==2.2
   - fake-useragent==2.0.3
   - googledrivedownloader==0.4
-  - highspy==1.8.1
-  - protobuf==5.29.1
+  - highspy==1.9.0
   - tsam==2.3.6
 prefix: /usr/share/miniconda/envs/pypsa-earth
diff --git a/envs/macos-pinned.yaml b/envs/macos-pinned.yaml
index 96e4a8c09..7c053a54c 100644
--- a/envs/macos-pinned.yaml
+++ b/envs/macos-pinned.yaml
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ dependencies:
 - async-lru=2.0.4
 - atk-1.0=2.38.0
 - atlite=0.3.0
-- attrs=24.2.0
+- attrs=24.3.0
 - aws-c-auth=0.8.0
 - aws-c-cal=0.8.1
-- aws-c-common=0.10.5
+- aws-c-common=0.10.6
 - aws-c-compression=0.3.0
 - aws-c-event-stream=0.5.0
 - aws-c-http=0.9.2
 - aws-c-io=0.15.3
 - aws-c-mqtt=0.11.0
-- aws-c-s3=0.7.5
+- aws-c-s3=0.7.7
 - aws-c-sdkutils=0.2.1
 - aws-checksums=0.2.2
 - aws-crt-cpp=0.29.7
@@ -47,30 +47,30 @@ dependencies:
 - beautifulsoup4=4.12.3
 - bleach=6.2.0
 - blosc=1.21.6
-- bokeh=3.5.2
+- bokeh=3.6.2
 - bottleneck=1.4.2
-- branca=0.7.2
+- branca=0.8.1
 - brotli=1.1.0
 - brotli-bin=1.1.0
 - brotli-python=1.1.0
 - brotlicffi=1.1.0.0
 - bzip2=1.0.8
-- c-ares=1.34.3
+- c-ares=1.34.4
 - c-blosc2=2.15.2
-- ca-certificates=2024.8.30
+- ca-certificates=2024.12.14
 - cached-property=1.5.2
 - cached_property=1.5.2
 - cairo=1.18.2
 - capnproto=1.0.2
 - cartopy=0.23.0
 - cdsapi=0.7.5
-- certifi=2024.8.30
+- certifi=2024.12.14
 - cffi=1.17.1
 - cfgv=3.3.1
 - cfitsio=4.4.1
 - cftime=1.6.4
 - charset-normalizer=3.4.0
-- click=8.1.7
+- click=8.1.8
 - click-plugins=1.1.1
 - cligj=0.7.2
 - cloudpickle=3.1.0
@@ -91,31 +91,32 @@ dependencies:
 - cpp-expected=1.1.0
 - cycler=0.12.1
 - cyrus-sasl=2.1.27
-- cytoolz=1.0.0
-- dask=2024.12.0
-- dask-core=2024.12.0
-- dask-expr=1.1.20
+- cytoolz=1.0.1
+- dask=2024.12.1
+- dask-core=2024.12.1
+- dask-expr=1.1.21
 - datapi=0.1.1
 - datashader=0.16.3
 - datrie=0.8.2
-- debugpy=1.8.10
+- debugpy=1.8.11
 - decorator=5.1.1
 - defusedxml=0.7.1
 - deprecation=2.1.0
 - descartes=1.1.0
 - distlib=0.3.9
-- distributed=2024.12.0
+- distributed=2024.12.1
 - docutils=0.21.2
 - dpath=2.2.0
+- earth-osm=2.3.post1
 - entrypoints=0.4
 - entsoe-py=0.6.11
 - et_xmlfile=2.0.0
 - exceptiongroup=1.2.2
 - executing=2.1.0
 - filelock=3.16.1
-- fiona=1.9.6
+- fiona=1.10.1
 - fmt=11.0.2
-- folium=0.19.0
+- folium=0.19.2
 - font-ttf-dejavu-sans-mono=2.37
 - font-ttf-inconsolata=3.000
 - font-ttf-source-code-pro=2.038
@@ -128,19 +129,19 @@ dependencies:
 - freetype=2.12.1
 - freexl=2.0.0
 - fribidi=1.0.10
-- fsspec=2024.10.0
+- fsspec=2024.12.0
 - future=1.0.0
 - gdal=3.9.3
 - gdk-pixbuf=2.42.12
 - geographiclib=2.0
 - geojson-rewind=1.1.0
-- geopandas=0.14.3
-- geopandas-base=0.14.3
+- geopandas=1.0.1
+- geopandas-base=1.0.1
 - geopy=2.4.1
 - geos=3.13.0
 - geotiff=1.7.3
-- geoviews=1.13.1
-- geoviews-core=1.13.1
+- geoviews=1.14.0
+- geoviews-core=1.14.0
 - gflags=2.2.2
 - giflib=5.2.2
 - gitdb=4.0.11
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ dependencies:
 - gurobi=12.0.0
 - h11=0.14.0
 - h2=4.1.0
-- harfbuzz=9.0.0
+- harfbuzz=10.1.0
 - hdf4=4.2.15
 - hdf5=1.14.3
 - holoviews=1.20.0
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ dependencies:
 - httpcore=1.0.7
 - httpx=0.28.1
 - humanfriendly=10.0
-- hvplot=0.11.1
+- hvplot=0.11.2
 - hyperframe=6.0.1
 - icu=75.1
 - identify=2.6.3
@@ -171,14 +172,14 @@ dependencies:
 - importlib-metadata=8.5.0
 - importlib_metadata=8.5.0
 - importlib_resources=6.4.5
-- inflate64=1.0.0
+- inflate64=1.0.1
 - iniconfig=2.0.0
-- ipopt=3.14.16
+- ipopt=3.14.17
 - ipykernel=6.29.5
-- ipython=8.30.0
+- ipython=8.31.0
 - isoduration=20.11.0
 - jedi=0.19.2
-- jinja2=3.1.4
+- jinja2=3.1.5
 - joblib=1.4.2
 - json-c=0.18
 - json5=0.10.0
@@ -189,10 +190,10 @@ dependencies:
 - jupyter-lsp=2.2.5
 - jupyter_client=8.6.3
 - jupyter_core=5.7.2
-- jupyter_events=0.10.0
-- jupyter_server=2.14.2
+- jupyter_events=0.11.0
+- jupyter_server=2.15.0
 - jupyter_server_terminals=0.5.3
-- jupyterlab=4.3.3
+- jupyterlab=4.3.4
 - jupyterlab_pygments=0.3.0
 - jupyterlab_server=2.27.3
 - kealib=1.6.0
@@ -214,8 +215,8 @@ dependencies:
 - libcblas=3.9.0
 - libcrc32c=1.1.2
 - libcurl=8.11.1
-- libcxx=19.1.5
-- libdeflate=1.22
+- libcxx=19.1.6
+- libdeflate=1.23
 - libedit=3.1.20191231
 - libev=4.33
 - libevent=2.1.12
@@ -250,10 +251,10 @@ dependencies:
 - liblapacke=3.9.0
 - libllvm14=14.0.6
 - liblzma=5.6.3
-- libmamba=2.0.4
+- libmamba=2.0.5
 - libnetcdf=4.9.2
 - libnghttp2=1.64.0
-- libntlm=1.4
+- libntlm=1.8
 - libopenblas=0.3.28
 - libparquet=18.1.0
 - libpng=1.6.44
@@ -265,14 +266,13 @@ dependencies:
 - libscotch=7.0.5
 - libsodium=1.0.20
 - libsolv=0.7.30
-- libspatialindex=2.0.0
 - libspatialite=5.1.0
 - libsqlite=3.47.2
 - libssh2=1.11.1
 - libthrift=0.21.0
 - libtiff=4.7.0
 - libutf8proc=2.9.0
-- libwebp-base=1.4.0
+- libwebp-base=1.5.0
 - libxcb=1.17.0
 - libxml2=2.13.5
 - libxslt=1.1.39
@@ -280,14 +280,14 @@ dependencies:
 - libzlib=1.3.1
 - linkify-it-py=2.0.3
 - linopy=0.3.11
-- llvm-openmp=19.1.5
+- llvm-openmp=19.1.6
 - llvmlite=0.43.0
 - locket=1.0.0
 - lxml=5.3.0
 - lz4=4.3.3
 - lz4-c=1.10.0
 - lzo=2.10
-- mamba=2.0.4
+- mamba=2.0.5
 - mapclassify=2.8.1
 - markdown=3.6
 - markdown-it-py=3.0.0
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ dependencies:
 - mumps-include=5.7.3
 - mumps-seq=5.7.3
 - munkres=1.1.4
-- nbclient=0.10.1
+- nbclient=0.10.2
 - nbconvert-core=7.16.4
 - nbformat=5.10.4
 - ncurses=6.5
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@ dependencies:
 - packaging=24.2
 - pandas=2.2.2
 - pandocfilters=1.5.0
-- panel=1.5.4
+- panel=1.5.5
 - pango=1.54.0
-- param=2.1.1
+- param=2.2.0
 - parso=0.8.4
 - partd=1.4.2
 - patsy=1.0.1
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ dependencies:
 - proj=9.5.1
 - prometheus_client=0.21.1
 - prompt-toolkit=3.0.48
+- protobuf=5.28.2
 - psutil=6.1.0
 - pthread-stubs=0.4
 - ptyprocess=0.7.0
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ dependencies:
 - py7zr=0.22.0
 - pyarrow=18.1.0
 - pyarrow-core=18.1.0
-- pybcj=1.0.2
+- pybcj=1.0.3
 - pycountry=24.6.1
 - pycparser=2.22
 - pycryptodomex=3.21.0
@@ -414,7 +415,6 @@ dependencies:
 - rfc3986-validator=0.1.1
 - rioxarray=0.17.0
 - rpds-py=0.22.3
-- rtree=1.3.0
 - ruamel.yaml=0.17.26
 - ruamel.yaml.clib=0.2.8
 - scikit-learn=1.6.0
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@ dependencies:
 - send2trash=1.8.3
 - setuptools=75.6.0
 - shapely=2.0.6
-- simdjson=3.10.1
+- simdjson=3.11.3
 - six=1.17.0
-- smart_open=7.0.5
+- smart_open=7.1.0
 - smmap=5.0.0
 - snakemake-minimal=7.32.4
 - snappy=1.2.1
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ dependencies:
 - texttable=1.7.0
 - threadpoolctl=3.5.0
 - throttler=1.2.2
-- tiledb=2.26.2
+- tiledb=2.27.0
 - tinycss2=1.4.0
 - tk=8.6.13
 - tomli=2.2.1
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ dependencies:
 - unidecode=1.3.8
 - uri-template=1.3.0
 - uriparser=0.9.8
-- urllib3=2.2.3
+- urllib3=2.3.0
 - validators=0.34.0
 - virtualenv=20.28.0
 - wcwidth=0.2.13
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ dependencies:
 - xarray=2023.11.0
 - xerces-c=3.2.5
 - xlrd=2.0.1
-- xorg-libxau=1.0.11
+- xorg-libxau=1.0.12
 - xorg-libxdmcp=1.1.5
 - xyzservices=2024.9.0
 - yaml=0.2.5
@@ -494,10 +494,8 @@ dependencies:
 - zstd=1.5.6
 - pip:
   - chaospy==4.3.17
-  - earth-osm==2.2
   - fake-useragent==2.0.3
   - googledrivedownloader==0.4
-  - highspy==1.8.1
-  - protobuf==5.29.1
+  - highspy==1.9.0
   - tsam==2.3.6
 prefix: /Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/pypsa-earth
diff --git a/envs/windows-pinned.yaml b/envs/windows-pinned.yaml
index ca45bea29..9d14aa2a7 100644
--- a/envs/windows-pinned.yaml
+++ b/envs/windows-pinned.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
 - _openmp_mutex=4.5
 - affine=2.4.0
+- ampl-asl=1.0.0
 - amply=0.1.6
 - anyio=4.7.0
 - appdirs=1.4.4
@@ -23,16 +24,16 @@ dependencies:
 - asttokens=3.0.0
 - async-lru=2.0.4
 - atlite=0.3.0
-- attrs=24.2.0
+- attrs=24.3.0
 - aws-c-auth=0.8.0
 - aws-c-cal=0.8.1
-- aws-c-common=0.10.5
+- aws-c-common=0.10.6
 - aws-c-compression=0.3.0
 - aws-c-event-stream=0.5.0
 - aws-c-http=0.9.2
 - aws-c-io=0.15.3
 - aws-c-mqtt=0.11.0
-- aws-c-s3=0.7.5
+- aws-c-s3=0.7.7
 - aws-c-sdkutils=0.2.1
 - aws-checksums=0.2.2
 - aws-crt-cpp=0.29.7
@@ -45,30 +46,30 @@ dependencies:
 - beautifulsoup4=4.12.3
 - bleach=6.2.0
 - blosc=1.21.6
-- bokeh=3.5.2
+- bokeh=3.6.2
 - bottleneck=1.4.2
-- branca=0.7.2
+- branca=0.8.1
 - brotli=1.1.0
 - brotli-bin=1.1.0
 - brotli-python=1.1.0
 - brotlicffi=1.1.0.0
 - bzip2=1.0.8
-- c-ares=1.34.3
+- c-ares=1.34.4
 - c-blosc2=2.15.2
-- ca-certificates=2024.8.30
+- ca-certificates=2024.12.14
 - cached-property=1.5.2
 - cached_property=1.5.2
 - cairo=1.18.2
 - capnproto=1.0.2
 - cartopy=0.23.0
 - cdsapi=0.7.5
-- certifi=2024.8.30
+- certifi=2024.12.14
 - cffi=1.17.1
 - cfgv=3.3.1
 - cfitsio=4.4.1
 - cftime=1.6.4
 - charset-normalizer=3.4.0
-- click=8.1.7
+- click=8.1.8
 - click-plugins=1.1.1
 - cligj=0.7.2
 - cloudpickle=3.1.0
@@ -83,31 +84,32 @@ dependencies:
 - cpp-expected=1.1.0
 - cpython=3.10.16
 - cycler=0.12.1
-- cytoolz=1.0.0
-- dask=2024.12.0
-- dask-core=2024.12.0
-- dask-expr=1.1.20
+- cytoolz=1.0.1
+- dask=2024.12.1
+- dask-core=2024.12.1
+- dask-expr=1.1.21
 - datapi=0.1.1
 - datashader=0.16.3
 - datrie=0.8.2
-- debugpy=1.8.10
+- debugpy=1.8.11
 - decorator=5.1.1
 - defusedxml=0.7.1
 - deprecation=2.1.0
 - descartes=1.1.0
 - distlib=0.3.9
-- distributed=2024.12.0
+- distributed=2024.12.1
 - docutils=0.21.2
 - dpath=2.2.0
+- earth-osm=2.3.post1
 - entrypoints=0.4
 - entsoe-py=0.6.11
 - et_xmlfile=2.0.0
 - exceptiongroup=1.2.2
 - executing=2.1.0
 - filelock=3.16.1
-- fiona=1.9.6
+- fiona=1.10.1
 - fmt=11.0.2
-- folium=0.19.0
+- folium=0.19.2
 - font-ttf-dejavu-sans-mono=2.37
 - font-ttf-inconsolata=3.000
 - font-ttf-source-code-pro=2.038
@@ -120,18 +122,18 @@ dependencies:
 - freetype=2.12.1
 - freexl=2.0.0
 - fribidi=1.0.10
-- fsspec=2024.10.0
+- fsspec=2024.12.0
 - future=1.0.0
 - gdal=3.9.3
 - geographiclib=2.0
 - geojson-rewind=1.1.0
-- geopandas=0.14.3
-- geopandas-base=0.14.3
+- geopandas=1.0.1
+- geopandas-base=1.0.1
 - geopy=2.4.1
 - geos=3.13.0
 - geotiff=1.7.3
-- geoviews=1.13.1
-- geoviews-core=1.13.1
+- geoviews=1.14.0
+- geoviews-core=1.14.0
 - getopt-win32=0.1
 - gitdb=4.0.11
 - gitpython=3.1.43
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ dependencies:
 - gurobi=12.0.0
 - h11=0.14.0
 - h2=4.1.0
-- harfbuzz=9.0.0
+- harfbuzz=10.1.0
 - hdf4=4.2.15
 - hdf5=1.14.3
 - holoviews=1.20.0
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ dependencies:
 - httpcore=1.0.7
 - httpx=0.28.1
 - humanfriendly=10.0
-- hvplot=0.11.1
+- hvplot=0.11.2
 - hyperframe=6.0.1
 - icu=75.1
 - identify=2.6.3
@@ -162,14 +164,14 @@ dependencies:
 - importlib-metadata=8.5.0
 - importlib_metadata=8.5.0
 - importlib_resources=6.4.5
-- inflate64=1.0.0
+- inflate64=1.0.1
 - iniconfig=2.0.0
-- ipopt=3.14.16
+- ipopt=3.14.17
 - ipykernel=6.29.5
-- ipython=8.30.0
+- ipython=8.31.0
 - isoduration=20.11.0
 - jedi=0.19.2
-- jinja2=3.1.4
+- jinja2=3.1.5
 - joblib=1.4.2
 - json5=0.10.0
 - jsonpointer=3.0.0
@@ -179,10 +181,10 @@ dependencies:
 - jupyter-lsp=2.2.5
 - jupyter_client=8.6.3
 - jupyter_core=5.7.2
-- jupyter_events=0.10.0
-- jupyter_server=2.14.2
+- jupyter_events=0.11.0
+- jupyter_server=2.15.0
 - jupyter_server_terminals=0.5.3
-- jupyterlab=4.3.3
+- jupyterlab=4.3.4
 - jupyterlab_pygments=0.3.0
 - jupyterlab_server=2.27.3
 - kealib=1.6.0
@@ -202,10 +204,10 @@ dependencies:
 - libbrotlidec=1.1.0
 - libbrotlienc=1.1.0
 - libcblas=3.9.0
-- libclang13=19.1.5
+- libclang13=19.1.6
 - libcrc32c=1.1.2
 - libcurl=8.11.1
-- libdeflate=1.22
+- libdeflate=1.23
 - libevent=2.1.12
 - libexpat=2.6.4
 - libffi=3.4.2
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ dependencies:
 - libkml=1.3.0
 - liblapack=3.9.0
 - liblzma=5.6.3
-- libmamba=2.0.4
+- libmamba=2.0.5
 - libnetcdf=4.9.2
 - libogg=1.3.5
 - libopenblas=0.3.28
@@ -250,7 +252,6 @@ dependencies:
 - librttopo=1.1.0
 - libsodium=1.0.20
 - libsolv=0.7.30
-- libspatialindex=2.0.0
 - libspatialite=5.1.0
 - libsqlite=3.47.2
 - libssh2=1.11.1
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ dependencies:
 - libtiff=4.7.0
 - libutf8proc=2.9.0
 - libvorbis=1.3.7
-- libwebp-base=1.4.0
+- libwebp-base=1.5.0
 - libwinpthread=12.0.0.r4.gg4f2fc60ca
 - libxcb=1.17.0
 - libxml2=2.13.5
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ dependencies:
 - lz4=4.3.3
 - lz4-c=1.10.0
 - lzo=2.10
-- mamba=2.0.4
+- mamba=2.0.5
 - mapclassify=2.8.1
 - markdown=3.6
 - markdown-it-py=3.0.0
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ dependencies:
 - multivolumefile=0.2.3
 - mumps-seq=5.7.3
 - munkres=1.1.4
-- nbclient=0.10.1
+- nbclient=0.10.2
 - nbconvert-core=7.16.4
 - nbformat=5.10.4
 - nest-asyncio=1.6.0
@@ -317,9 +318,9 @@ dependencies:
 - packaging=24.2
 - pandas=2.2.2
 - pandocfilters=1.5.0
-- panel=1.5.4
+- panel=1.5.5
 - pango=1.54.0
-- param=2.1.1
+- param=2.2.0
 - parso=0.8.4
 - partd=1.4.2
 - patsy=1.0.1
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ dependencies:
 - proj=9.5.1
 - prometheus_client=0.21.1
 - prompt-toolkit=3.0.48
+- protobuf=5.28.2
 - psutil=6.1.0
 - pthread-stubs=0.4
 - pulp=2.7.0
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ dependencies:
 - py7zr=0.22.0
 - pyarrow=18.1.0
 - pyarrow-core=18.1.0
-- pybcj=1.0.2
+- pybcj=1.0.3
 - pycountry=24.6.1
 - pycparser=2.22
 - pycryptodomex=3.21.0
@@ -397,7 +399,6 @@ dependencies:
 - rfc3986-validator=0.1.1
 - rioxarray=0.17.0
 - rpds-py=0.22.3
-- rtree=1.3.0
 - ruamel.yaml=0.17.26
 - ruamel.yaml.clib=0.2.8
 - scikit-learn=1.6.0
@@ -407,10 +408,10 @@ dependencies:
 - send2trash=1.8.3
 - setuptools=75.6.0
 - shapely=2.0.6
-- simdjson=3.10.1
+- simdjson=3.11.3
 - sip=6.7.12
 - six=1.17.0
-- smart_open=7.0.5
+- smart_open=7.1.0
 - smmap=5.0.0
 - snakemake-minimal=7.32.4
 - snappy=1.2.1
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ dependencies:
 - texttable=1.7.0
 - threadpoolctl=3.5.0
 - throttler=1.2.2
-- tiledb=2.26.2
+- tiledb=2.27.0
 - tinycss2=1.4.0
 - tk=8.6.13
 - toml=0.10.2
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ dependencies:
 - unidecode=1.3.8
 - uri-template=1.3.0
 - uriparser=0.9.8
-- urllib3=2.2.3
+- urllib3=2.3.0
 - validators=0.34.0
 - vc=14.3
 - vc14_runtime=14.42.34433
@@ -468,10 +469,10 @@ dependencies:
 - xarray=2023.11.0
 - xerces-c=3.2.5
 - xlrd=2.0.1
-- xorg-libice=1.1.1
-- xorg-libsm=1.2.4
+- xorg-libice=1.1.2
+- xorg-libsm=1.2.5
 - xorg-libx11=1.8.10
-- xorg-libxau=1.0.11
+- xorg-libxau=1.0.12
 - xorg-libxdmcp=1.1.5
 - xorg-libxext=1.3.6
 - xorg-libxpm=3.5.17
@@ -490,11 +491,9 @@ dependencies:
 - zstd=1.5.6
 - pip:
   - chaospy==4.3.17
-  - earth-osm==2.2
   - fake-useragent==2.0.3
   - googledrivedownloader==0.4
-  - highspy==1.8.1
+  - highspy==1.9.0
   - polars==1.17.1
-  - protobuf==5.29.1
   - tsam==2.3.6
 prefix: C:\Miniconda\envs\pypsa-earth
diff --git a/scripts/_helpers.py b/scripts/_helpers.py
index ddb6fda5f..8b8135063 100644
--- a/scripts/_helpers.py
+++ b/scripts/_helpers.py
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ def check_config_version(config, fp_config=CONFIG_DEFAULT_PATH):
             f"The current version of 'config.yaml' doesn't match to the code version:\n\r"
             f" {current_config_version} provided, {actual_config_version} expected.\n\r"
             f"That can lead to weird errors during execution of the workflow.\n\r"
-            f"Please update 'config.yaml' according to 'config.default.yaml' ."
+            f"Please update 'config.yaml' according to 'config.default.yaml.'\n\r"
+            "If issues persist, consider to update the environment to the latest version."
         )
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/build_bus_regions.py b/scripts/build_bus_regions.py
index 1a0dc2338..21b39fc96 100644
--- a/scripts/build_bus_regions.py
+++ b/scripts/build_bus_regions.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def get_gadm_shape(
     # when duplicates, keep only the first entry
     join_geos = join_geos[~join_geos.index.duplicated()]
 
-    gadm_sel = gadm_shapes.loc[join_geos["index_right"].values]
+    gadm_sel = gadm_shapes.loc[join_geos[gadm_shapes.index.name].values]
 
     return gadm_sel.geometry.values, gadm_sel.index.values
 
diff --git a/scripts/build_osm_network.py b/scripts/build_osm_network.py
index b4e7e6f4c..af1ca22a9 100644
--- a/scripts/build_osm_network.py
+++ b/scripts/build_osm_network.py
@@ -554,21 +554,17 @@ def fix_overpassing_lines(lines, buses, distance_crs, tol=1):
     buffer_df = df_p.buffer(tol).to_frame()
 
     # Spatial join to find lines intersecting point buffers
-    joined = gpd.sjoin(df_l, buffer_df, how="inner", op="intersects")
+    joined = gpd.sjoin(df_l, buffer_df, how="inner", predicate="intersects")
 
     # group lines by their index
     group_lines = joined.groupby(level=0)
 
     # iterate over the groups, TODO: change to apply
     for i, group in group_lines:
-        line_id = df_l.loc[i, line_id_str]  # pick the line id that represents the group
         line_geom = df_l.loc[i, "geometry"]
 
-        # number of points that intersect with the line
-        num_points = len(group)
-
         # get the indices of the points that intersect with the line
-        points_indexes = group["index_right"].tolist()
+        points_indexes = group[buffer_df.index.name].tolist()
 
         # get the geometries of the points that intersect with the line
         all_points = df_p.loc[points_indexes, "geometry"]
diff --git a/scripts/build_shapes.py b/scripts/build_shapes.py
index 3e0e8bd5a..a09829302 100644
--- a/scripts/build_shapes.py
+++ b/scripts/build_shapes.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def save_to_geojson(df, fn):
     if df.shape[0] > 0:
         df = df.reset_index()
         schema = {**gpd.io.file.infer_schema(df), "geometry": "Unknown"}
-        df.to_file(fn, driver="GeoJSON", schema=schema)
+        df.to_file(fn, driver="GeoJSON", schema=schema, engine="fiona")
     else:
         # create empty file to avoid issues with snakemake
         with open(fn, "w") as fp:
diff --git a/scripts/cluster_network.py b/scripts/cluster_network.py
index 63ae6556c..2eae2f4d8 100644
--- a/scripts/cluster_network.py
+++ b/scripts/cluster_network.py
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ def save_to_geojson(s, fn):
         os.unlink(fn)
     df = s.reset_index()
     schema = {**gpd.io.file.infer_schema(df), "geometry": "Unknown"}
-    df.to_file(fn, driver="GeoJSON", schema=schema)
+    df.to_file(fn, driver="GeoJSON", schema=schema, engine="fiona")
 
 
 def cluster_regions(busmaps, inputs, output):