Finnish food technology company Solar Foods has received €350,000 in funding from the EU's BalticSeaH2 project to expand production capacity of its Solein protein at its Factory 01 facility in Finland. The project, with a total budget of €33 million, aims to build the largest cross-border hydrogen valley in Europe, with Solar Foods focusing on using hydrogen in food protein production.

The funding will support capacity development at Factory 01, which currently produces 160 tons of Solein annually. Solar Foods is also planning a second facility, Factory 02, to scale production to 6,400 tons per year. The company has received regulatory approval for Solein in Singapore and is now seeking authorization in other markets, with commercial scale production being a primary focus. Through this project, Solar Foods aims to be at the forefront of integrating hydrogen into the food industry and protein production.