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RePowering cities in times of crisis” and hosted by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH . It serves as the central communication platform for sharing project-related content, news of activities, results, publications, and open-access materials. 

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Funding Acknowledgement 

This project has been funded under the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership , co-funded by the European Commission. 

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