Create Release Notes for 1.8

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Create a PR with updated change log.
Will look for PRs and Issues since last release.

Please feel free to add anything missing in the comments...

I used the following commands to help

gh pr list -R Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk --search "-label:agenda label:v1.8 is:closed " --json number,title,url --template \
        '{{range .}}{{ printf "\n-[PR #%v]" .number | autocolor "green"}} {{.title}} {{ printf "](%v)" .url}}{{end}}'

gh issue list -R Green-Software-Foundation/carbon-aware-sdk --search "-label:agenda label:v1.8 is:closed" --json number,title,url --template \
        '{{range .}}{{ printf "\n-[#%v]" .number | autocolor "green"}} {{.title}} {{ printf "](%v)" .url}}{{end}}'

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[danuw]

• [PR [URGENT] Set JsonStringConverter to JSON deserializer option in WattTimeClient #623] [URGENT] Set JsonStringConverter to JSON deserializer option in WattTimeClient ]([URGENT] Set JsonStringConverter to JSON deserializer option in WattTimeClient #623)

• [PR feat(ElectricityMaps source): unify ElectricityMaps and ElectricityMapsFree #619] feat(ElectricityMaps source): unify ElectricityMaps and ElectricityMapsFree ](feat(ElectricityMaps source): unify ElectricityMaps and ElectricityMapsFree #619)

• [PR Make documentation for forecasts signal agnostic #614] Make documentation for forecasts signal agnostic ](Make documentation for forecasts signal agnostic #614)

• [PR Support co2_aoer in WattTime #611] Support co2_aoer in WattTime ](Support co2_aoer in WattTime #611)

• [PR Remove JSON examples from artifacts #450] Remove JSON examples from artifacts ](Remove JSON examples from artifacts #450)

• [[Bug]: Electricity Maps API configuration is out of date #613] [Bug]: Electricity Maps API configuration is out of date ]([Bug]: Electricity Maps API configuration is out of date #613)

• [Documentation: Update wording about marginal signal #612] Documentation: Update wording about marginal signal ](Documentation: Update wording about marginal signal #612)

• [[Feature Contribution]: Remove JSON examples from WebAPI container #440] [Feature Contribution]: Remove JSON examples from WebAPI container ]([Feature Contribution]: Remove JSON examples from WebAPI container #440)

• [[Feature Contribution]: Better to throw exception when future datetime is specified to endpoints for current/historical data #396] [Feature Contribution]: Better to throw exception when future datetime is specified to endpoints for current/historical data ]([Feature Contribution]: Better to throw exception when future datetime is specified to endpoints for current/historical data #396)