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Light is one of the key factors affecting plant growth and development. Its spectrum, photosynthetic photon flux, photosynthetic photon flux density, spatial distribution uniformity and other factors have a significant impact on the growth and development of plants.
The application of LED lamps in the field of plant lighting can make use of its dimming characteristics to meet the needs of plants at different growth stages and provide comprehensive lighting solutions, thereby improving crop yield and growth efficiency.
At present, LED plant lighting has become one of the hot areas of concern in the global market. According to Gaogong LED's observation, in 2019, many international companies increased their presence in this field and made substantial progress.
In February 2019, Cree announced the launch of a new generation of XLamp XP-E2 Photo Red (660 nm) and Far Red (730 nm) LEDs, bringing breakthrough performance improvements to plant lighting applications.
In March 2019, Osram launched the latest plant lighting system Phytofy RL based on LED technology. Researchers and modern farm workers can use Phytofy RL in the laboratory or climate chamber to develop new plant lighting and growth recipes in order to achieve the desired results in terms of quality, yield and flavor.
In May 2019, Osram's subsidiary Fluence's LED horticultural lighting solutions entered the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market, aiming to help growers produce the highest quality crops to meet market demand in these regions.
In June 2019, Current launched Arize Element Top Light in Amsterdam, claiming that it is the industry's first LED that can replace 1000W high-pressure sodium (HPS) products one-to-one.
In June 2019, Fluence, a subsidiary of Osram, announced that it would become the exclusive supplier of LED lighting solutions to AgMedica BioScience Inc in Canada. AgMedica, based in Ontario, is licensed to grow both medicinal and adult-use cannabis.
In June 2019, American horticultural lighting supplier Fohse announced an agreement with Canadian medicinal cannabis grower Curative Cannabis to supply plant growth lights to its cultivation factory in Ontario.
In June 2019, the American vertical farm company Plenty unveiled its latest vertical farm, Tigris, which is by far the largest, most efficient, and most automated vertical farm in the region. It is specially used to grow green leafy vegetables using soilless hydroponics. And use LED lighting year-round.
In July 2019, American lighting company Current reached a distribution agreement with Hort Americas to sell Current’s latest LED grow lights. Hort Americas is the exclusive North American distributor of Current horticultural products and will serve North American customers including the booming, regulated cannabis cultivation industry.
In July 2019, Canadian biotechnology science company Pharmagreen Biotech announced plans to use Signify's Philips GreenPower LED lighting products in its medical cannabis biotechnology complex for the cultivation of medical cannabis.
In August 2019, Signify partnered with AppHarvest to implement a unique LED and high-pressure sodium (HPS) hybrid lighting system in a 25-hectare greenhouse in Morehead, Kentucky, USA, using Philips GreenPower LED top lighting and Agrolux high-pressure sodium lamps lighting, significantly reducing energy consumption while increasing production within a year.
In August 2019, Osram's horticulture lighting company Fluence announced that it would become the preferred LED supplier of Canada's The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TSX: TGOD).
In September 2019, Nevada-based horticultural lighting supplier Fohse announced it became the official grow light partner of Las Vegas-based cannabis cultivator Green Life Productions (GLP).
In October 2019, Heliospectra, a horticultural lighting technology supplier, announced that it would supply spectrum-controllable LED lighting and control solutions to Canadian medicinal cannabis grower Eco Canadian Organic (E.C.O.) to ensure that crops are healthy at all stages from reproduction to harvest. and grow with high quality.
In November 2019, Canadian family-owned company James E. Wagner Cultivation (JWC) announced a cooperative product testing and evaluation agreement with Osram's plant lighting company Fluence Bioengineering to provide information on the performance, functionality and performance of the Fluence VYPR 2p wide-spectrum LED lighting solution. Feedback on suitability.
Looking at the above layout actions in the field of LED plant lighting, it is mainly concentrated in foreign manufacturers, while the layout intensity of domestic manufacturers does not seem to be significant.
To explore the reasons, on the one hand, the domestic plant lighting industry is still in the early stages of development, and plant lighting products are mainly low-end products for export; on the other hand, domestic plant factories have problems such as low input-output ratios and expensive output products; in addition , compared with traditional plant lighting products, LED plant lighting products are more expensive, require larger initial investments, and have longer verification cycles.
Based on the above factors, the development of the domestic plant lighting industry has been restricted to varying degrees. However, given that LED plant lighting represents the future development direction of green agricultural lighting, agricultural departments in various countries are continuing to increase support. At the same time, with the rapid development of LED technology and further reduction of costs, the application of LED in the field of plant lighting will become more and more extensive. In the future, LED supplementary light is bound to become the mainstream of greenhouse supplementary light.
According to statistics from the GGII, the output value of China's LED plant lighting systems will reach 7.6 billion yuan in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 22%, and the output value of plant lighting lamps will reach 2.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23%. %. It is estimated that in 2020, the output value of China's LED plant lighting systems will reach 9.5 billion yuan, and the output value of plant lighting lamps will reach 2.8 billion yuan.
Domestic plant lighting market continues to heat up
In fact, in the past year, domestic companies have not done nothing in the field of LED plant lighting. On the contrary, many companies have not only increased their investment, but also achieved certain results, such as Sanan Optoelectronics, Nationstar Optoelectronics, Hongli Zhi Huihui, Everlight Electronics, Tiandian Optoelectronics, BOE, etc.
Nationstar Optoelectronics leads the new development direction of modern plant lighting
In April 2019, Nationstar Optoelectronics' non-visual light source division launched a series of high-efficiency plant lighting LED products through technological innovation and process innovation. This series of products includes a monochromatic light series LED with a narrow spectrum of 380-760nm, as well as a deep red light series excited by phosphors, a full-spectrum series, and a sunlight-type full-spectrum series LED. It covers a wide range and meets the different spectral needs of plants. , can be customized according to customers’ specific spectral needs.
Chinese plant factory technology successfully enters Romania
In May 2019, the first China-Romania Agricultural Science and Technology Park supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China was completed in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.
Hongli Zhihui brings plant lighting to Guangya Exhibition
In June 2019, Hongli Zhihui brought LED plant lighting products to the Guangya Exhibition. Its plant lighting series light sources use full-spectrum LED products, including a continuous spectrum from blue light, green light to red light, thereby achieving higher plant photosynthesis. Effect light efficiency level.
Everlight Electronics Horticulture Lighting Solutions
Everlight Electronics has developed a series of products with different powers using monochromatic light wavelengths ranging from 450 to 745 nanometers. Among them, according to different powers, they can be divided into high-power ceramic SHWO 3535-ELB, medium-power 3030-ELB, and low-power 2835-ELB series. In June 2019, Everlight Electronics appeared at the Guangya Exhibition with its horticultural lighting related solutions.
BOE Plant Factory cooperates with Baidu Brain
In July 2019, at the main forum of the 3rd Baidu AI Developers Conference, BOE Plant Factory cooperated with Baidu Brain to launch the AI Plant Factory intelligent soilless cultivation solution.
LED plant lighting factory will become China’s business card
In August 2009, the country's first smart plant factory developed by a domestic research team and Beijing Zhonghuan Yida was unveiled at the Changchun Agricultural Expo, attracting the attention of more than 1.7 million viewers; this marks that China has become one of the few systems in the world One of the countries that has mastered intelligent plant factory technology.
Sanan Optoelectronics increases investment in plant lighting
In November 2019, Sanan Optoelectronics announced that the company plans to raise a total of no more than 7 billion yuan through private placement, all of which will be invested in the construction of semiconductor R&D and industrialization projects (Phase I), including the expansion of plant lighting projects.
summary
As one of the niche markets, LED plant lighting also provides new opportunities for the development of the LED industry to a certain extent. In the future, plants controlled by LED lights will grow better. It can be seen that LED technology not only changes our lives, but also promotes a more harmonious and sustainable development of the entire ecological chain.