The 9th Plenary Meeting of the CA-RES4 was held from 12 - 13 November 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
You can find the Session Highlights of all Plenary Meetings here:
The following topics were discussed:
Core Theme 1: Governance, Target achievement and Cooperation
Session 5: Establishing frameworks for cross-border RES projects and funding them
Session 11: Addressing the implementation challenges for the RFNBO target in industry
Core Theme 2: RES Electricity
Session 2: Contracts for Difference and PPAs
Session 14: Non-price auction criteria for renewable electricity – role of Energy System Integration
Core Theme 3: Decarbonising Heating and Cooling
Session 3: Implementation issues regarding articles 15a, 22a, 23 and 24
Session 12: Interlinkages between the three directives (RED, EED and EPBD) regarding heating and cooling
Core Theme 4: Biomass Mobilisation and Sustainability
Session 4: ETS1/2 - Implementation of RED sustainability criteria
Session 10: Tripartite contract for biomethane
Session 13: Implementation of the new REDIII requirements by MS
Core Theme 5: Decarbonising Transport
Session 1: Availability and demand for renewable energy to decarbonize transport in the EU
Session 7: Addressing the Member States’ challenges – in production and deployment of renewable energy – to comply with the 2030 transport targets and beyond
Core Theme 6: Consumer/Citizen's Engagement
Session 6: Consolidating Insights: Optimising Enabling Frameworks for Self-Consumption and Energy Sharing in Member States
Session 15: From Barriers to Enablers: Renewable Energy Communities and the Promotion of Citizen Participation
TF GO: Guarantees of Origin and Consumer Information
Session 9: Preventing Double Counting of renewable attributes; introducing EU-green label/ Shaping the Future of EU GOs: A Common Framework for Green Claims and Standards
DG ENER Sessions
Session 8: Policies and measures to promote electrification of demand accompanying clean energy deployment