The eighth Plenary Meeting of the CA-RES4 was held from 21 - 22 May 2025 in Warsaw, Poland
You can find the Session Highlights of all Plenary Meetings here, highlights of the 8th Plenary Meeting to be uploaded in due course:
The following topics were discussed:
Core Theme 1: Governance, Target achievement and Cooperation
Session 5: Next Steps for the 2030 Target Achievement
Session 11: EU Financing Instruments - Enabling measures for reaching 2030 Targets
Core Theme 2: RES Electricity
Session 2: Energy System Integration & PPA
Core Theme 3: Decarbonising Heating and Cooling
Session 3: Geothermal Heat: Upscaling Opportunities by improving permitting and cooperation
Session 15: General Implementation Issues on Articles 15a, 22a, 23 and 24, and the delegated act on renewable cooling: Is it fit for purpose?
Core Theme 4: Biomass Mobilisation and Sustainability
Joint Session with CT5 Session 1: Biomethane: Accounting Issues
Session 6: RED II Sustainability Criteria in other Regulations
Session 14: Sustainable Biomass Mobilisation: Reporting Issues
Core Theme 5: Decarbonising Transport
Joint Session with CT4 Session 1: Biomethane: Accounting Issues
Session 8: Current Status - Reflecting on the RED II Implementation for decarbonizing transport
Session 10: Looking Ahead - Policy Update and Implementation Challenges of RED III and related legislation for decarbonizing transport
Core Theme 6: Consumer/Citizen's Engagement
Session 7: Storage in Self-Consumption: New Policies - increased Flexibility
Session 13: Social Challenges for RECs: Increasing Awareness and Addressing the public Participation in RES Projects
TF GO: Guarantees of Origin and Consumer Information
Session 4: Strengthening the GO System by further boosting trustworthiness
DG ENER Sessions
Session 9: Permitting Procedures
Session 12: Non-Price Criteria