Solar Foods

Industry

Ecology & monitoring, Bioprocess equipment, Feed, Food ingredients

Topics

Animal feed & feed additives, Precision fermentation (proteins, dairy, egg), Carbon credits, CCUS & blue carbon

Role

Research / RTO — “…g from VTT and Lappeenranta University of Technology research). - Listed … - ** ** — Solar Foods is a food tec…”

Why it is bioeconomy

Solar Foods is a Finnish food technology company that produces Solein, a gas-fermented microbial protein, using a proprietary industrial biotechnology platform.

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

• 2026-06 Latest status: The company's order book decreased in the first half of 2026 due to the liquidation of a customer, Superb Food, which had previously placed an order. ↗ ↗ ↗
• Status review: active — EUR 77.8m Business Finland financing for Factory 02 (2026-06) and an expansion plan (2026-08). A customer liquidation cut the order book.

Recent news 5

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• 2026-08-19 Solar Foods announces an investment plan for Europe’s single largest emission reduction moonshot project - Inderes inderes.fi
  Solar Foods plans a major expansion in Finland (Factories 02–04 at one site) to produce up to 50,000 tonnes of Solein annually, claiming it could be Europe’s largest emission-reduction project with substantial environmental (down to ~1% of beef’s emissions) and economic impacts, …
• 2026-08-17 Solar Foods Secures €100M in Funding for Second Production palateshift.com
  Solar Foods has raised over €100 million for its second production facility (Factory 02) in Lappeenranta, with funding contingent on a final investment decision in 2026, and has lined up major partners (GEA, Fortum) while expanding its US-focused product pipeline and ongoing …
• 2026-06-23 Rebuilding food from air: how Solar Foods is scaling a new production system | New Food newfoodmagazine.com
  Solar Foods is developing a radically new, energy- and microbe-driven method to produce protein (Solein) via hydrogen-oxidizing fermentation using CO2 from air, aiming to replace conventional agriculture with a scalable, electricity-powered production system. It has moved from …
• 2026-06-18 Solar Foods Receives €77,8 Million Financing for the Construction of Factory 02 ibcfinland.fi
  Solar Foods has secured €77.8 million in funding from Business Finland to support the construction and commissioning of Factory 02 in Selkäharju, Lappeenranta, Finland. The package includes a €39.6 million grant and a €38.1 million R&D loan tied to its IPCEI-approved European …
• 2026-06-17 Solar Foods receives EUR 77,8 million grant and loan financing for the construction and commissioning of Factory 02 - Solar Foods solarfoods.com
  Solar Foods has secured a total EUR 77.8 million in funding from Business Finland (granted June 17, 2026) to advance Factory 02 in Lappeenranta, Finland, including a EUR 39.6 million grant (up to 48% of eligible costs 2027–2031) and a EUR 38.1 million R&D loan as part of the …

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Registry identifiers

• ISIN: FI4000577192

Funding

• Latest round: Grant · 2026-06-01 · US$ 45.6 M

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