ETIP-B-SABS 2 Newsletter | October 2019      The 9th Stakeholder Plenary Meeting (SPM) of the European Technology and Innovation Platform Bioenergy will be held from 20-21 November 2019 in Brussels. In three thematic sessions during the first day, innovations in the fields of renewable fuels and bioenergy, opportunities and challenges with respect to broadening the biomass feedstock base in Europe as well as the future role of ETIP Bioenergy and options how you can get involved in the platform will be discussed with the audience. The second day takes a bird´s eye view on the contribution of advanced renewable transport fuels to the decarbonisation of transport in 2030 and beyond, technological options, implementation barriers, and financial instruments. Get connected to stakeholders from around Europe engaged in bioenergy-based solutions and biofuels! Register now!           PAST EVENTS Innovation Fund Workshop 12 September 2019, Brussels The Innovation Fund Stakeholder Workshop on Renewable Fuels and Bioenergy was collaboratively organised by ETIP Bioenergy, the ART Fuels Forum, ETIP Renewable Heating and Cooling and Bioenergy Europe with the aim to collect project ideas from the renewable fuel/biofuel and bioenergy sectors and to discuss key sector-specific issues with regard to the selection and management of projects. Post event overview, presentations, pictures, conclusions, list of participants available here Workshop at the Advanced Biofuels Conference 2019 19 September 2019, Stockholm In the framework of the Advanced Biofuels Conference organized by Svebio in Stockholm (SE), ETIP Bioenergy planned a workshop focused on the viable financial tools which can accelerate the commercialization of biorefineries for large-scale biofuel production. Relevant examples from industrial players at European level were showcased as well, with the goal of reaching out the audience and giving some hand-on information for future projects to come. Post event overview, presentations, pictures, conclusions, list of participants available here Paving the way towards clean energy and fuel In Europe- Executive Summary by the European Commission 29 May 2019, EUBCE 2019, Lisbon The European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has recently released its Executive Summary of the research policy workshop “Paving the way towards clean energy and fuels in Europe”, organised in collaboration with the SET Plan – Priority Action 8 –EU Member States, the European Technology and Innovation Platform Bioenergy, the Renewable Heating and Cooling Platform and the European Energy Research Alliance Bioenergy. Download the document here STAKEHOLDERS ARE ETIP BIOENERGY’S STRENGTH! FILL OUT OUR QUESTIONNAIRE! The European Technology and Innovation Platform Bioenergy (ETIP Bioenergy) is an industry-led stakeholder platform that brings together relevant actors from academia, industry, and civil society, engaged in the development of sustainable bioenergy and competitive biofuel technologies Help us to further improve our communication with you by taking part in this short survey! Please set aside a few minutes today to fill out our stakeholder questionnaire.     Contact us at secretariat@etip-bioenergy.eu www.etipbioenergy.eu   Follow us on  @ETIP_Bioenergy etipbioenergy   This newsletter is produced on behalf of the ETIP Bioenergy by the ETIP-B-SABS 2 project team, funded under Horizon 2020. The broad aim of ETIP-B-SABS 2 is to enhance communications and networking among Advanced Bioenergy Stakeholders from research, industry, government, NGOs, feedstocks production, end use and related areas in all European countries. The contents of this newsletter are copyright © ETIP-B-SABS 2 2018-2021 This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825179 Important Disclaimer The content of this newsletter cannot be considered as the European Commission’s official position and neither the European Commission, ETIP-B-SABS 2, ETIP Bioenergy nor any person acting on behalf of these organisation is responsible for the use which might be made of it. Although ETIP-B-SABS 2 endeavours to deliver a high level of service, no guarantee can be given on the correctness or completeness of the content of this newsletter and neither the European Commission, ETIP Bioenergy nor ETIP-B-SABS 2 are responsible or may be held accountable for any loss suffered as a result of reliance upon the content of this newsletter.