The EU LIFE TreeTex project for scaling up the Alkaline Adaptation process

In 2022, a grant agreement for the LIFE TreeTex project was accepted by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), acting under powers delegated by the European Commission. CINEA serves as the EU’s executive agency and granting authority for the project.

The project is the first of its kind to demonstrate an all-alkaline production process for innovative cellulose fibers intended for textile applications. It aims to integrate a more efficient pre-treatment step into the pilot facility and to validate the production components and systems at an industrially relevant scale (~1% of full scale) under full operating conditions. This pilot approach will be crucial for replicating and scaling production to other sites across Europe and globally.