The core of the work within the Concerted Action is organised around a series of seven two-day plenary meetings. The project has advanced the implementation of the RES directive in Member States. the CA-RES3 organised seven Plenary Meetings and webinar sessions for selected Core Themes that have facilitated the structured exchange of knowhow and experience in the 5 Core Themes on RES Electricity, RES Heat, Guarantees of Origin and Disclosure, Biomass Mobilisation and Sustainability and RES in Transport. These meetings provided a forum for discussions and cross learning between participants. This exchange of approaches and experience focused on key requirements of the RES Directive 2009/28/EC and the recast RES directve 2018/2001, according to the needs of the participating countries and the European Commission. This exchange has given participants a better understanding of policy measures implemented by their peers in other countries in the framework of the implementation of the RES directive, the challenges they face and best-practice examples available, as well as possibilities for collaboration and mutual support. This has contributed to the implementation of the RES directive and the achievement of the national RES targets.
For the European Commission, the CA-RES3 provided an important forum to follow the implementation of the RES Directive by the Member States informally and to identify areas for convergence and EU-wide action on the implementation.
Within the CA-RES3, 5 Task Forces were established in the framework of several CT if a certain topic requires more in-depth analysis.
A CA-RES/CA-EED/CA-EPBD Joint Workshop titled ‘Achieving 2030 targets through synergies between energy efficiency and renewable energy’ took place in Barcelona from 30th – 31th of January 2020 with 200 experts from the three Concerted Actions, DG ENERGY, Joint Research Centre, EUROSTAT, EASME and the European Defence Agency. During the course of the Joint Workshop, policy makers and implementers gathered to discuss issues related to the implementation of the three Directives in Member States, Norway, Iceland and the UK. This was the first Joint Concerted Action Workshop, of this scale, to include experts working on three different policy areas: energy performance of buildings; renewable energy sources; and energy efficiency. By bringing together policy makers and implementers from these three groups, the workshop aimed to increase understanding of the different policy areas and help delegates identify the potential synergies in how the three Directives can be implemented. It also contributed to the better understanding of the topics across the different policy areas and laid the foundation for similar events in the future.
