LED plant lighting can be expected in the future
People take food as their heaven. Food is an essential part of human survival and development. LED plant lighting solves the influence and limitation of climate, geography, space, etc. on plant growth, and can accelerate the growth of plants and reduce the use of chemical substances in a scientific way, so as to achieve "food safety first". In addition, LED plant lighting is naturally environmentally friendly and energy-saving, and is an extremely important part of smart agriculture with technology as the core.
It is worth noting that although LED plant lighting has bright development prospects, its short-term development is constrained by both internal and external factors.
On the one hand, there are still many problems in LED plant lighting.
At present, the industry has insufficient understanding of the core growth factors of different plants. For example, the optimal requirements of different crops at different growth stages still need further research.
At the same time, it is not easy to integrate a more advanced intelligent control system into the existing lamps.
Lideda pointed out that the leading advantage of a single lamp is not the only dimension that customers pay attention to. The competition of LED plant lighting has changed from the competition of a single lamp to the competition of dual-track lighting integration systems. It is a big challenge for lighting manufacturers, but it is a very good opportunity for lighting manufacturers with the advantages of intelligent control system.
Hongli Zhihui believes that the demand for intelligent control of light quality and light quantity in plant lighting is very strong. Therefore, an intelligent control system is added to a variety of monochromatic spectrum to realize time-sharing control and photosensitive control, and according to the growth state of plants. The output of the adjusted light quality and light quantity is bound to become the main trend of the future development of plant lighting technology.
Zhaochi Semiconductor pointed out that the plant lighting red light chip has high quality requirements. Different manufacturers have unique matching solutions in the design, extension and chip technology of red light plant lighting products. This is the core technology of each manufacturer. And in the process of making appropriate and reasonable collocation with downstream packaging, and gradually improving the scheme, a closer connection has been established. LED plant lighting naturally has the attributes of environmental protection and energy saving. In the future, the market game will be more intense, and technological precipitation and breakthroughs will also be very important. In the future, the company will continue to deepen the field of plant lighting, through the combination of automation, scale, informatization and technical standardization, to overcome the technical and cost difficulties. And this is also one of the main trends in the future of the plant lighting industry.
Talent is also a shortcoming of LED plant lighting. Ruifeng Optoelectronics pointed out that environmental monitoring, light source sensing and control, nutrient solution monitoring and supply, plant growth monitoring, and crop production and marketing logistics all require their own intelligent control and monitoring systems, and the exchanges and integration between industries are closer. Therefore, smart agriculture urgently needs compound talents.
On the other hand, the external environmental soil of LED plant lighting is not very fertile.
The same party believes that in the face of the global food crisis and the development of smart agriculture, the trend of the future horticultural lighting market will become normalized development, but in the short term, the policy orientation of the international market will have a greater impact on the horticultural lighting market.
Lideda also pointed out that the homogenization of horticultural lighting products is serious, and overseas customers have many choices, it is difficult to get the attention of customers, and the market competition is very fierce. At the same time, the overseas epidemic situation is still relatively serious, and it is difficult for the company to approach customers to develop the market.
The good news is that in Zhongke Sanan, Huacan Optoelectronics, Ganzhao Optoelectronics, Zhaochi Co., Ltd., National Star Optoelectronics, Ruifeng Optoelectronics, Tiandian Optoelectronics, Hongli Zhihui, Lideda, Xuyu Optoelectronics, Jinke Electronics, with the joint efforts of horticultural lighting manufacturers such as Tongfang Optoelectronics, Maoshuo Power Supply, Songsheng Co., Ltd., Infineon, etc., the problems existing in the horticultural lighting industry are being resolved one by one.
Major manufacturers actively carry out systematic research and layout. While improving technical parameters such as LED light efficiency, through cross-border cooperation or establishing biological research laboratories and other forms, we can better understand plant physiology and other professional knowledge, so as to better integrate intelligent control technology and promote the industry of plant lighting.
It is undeniable that LED plant lighting technology can improve the quality of crops and enhance the taste of crops while shortening the maturity period of crops, thereby helping terminal growers reduce production costs. Looking forward to the future, under the requirements of ensuring food safety, people will shorten the food supply chain through the development of indoor farming and investment in vertical farms, and the global plant lighting LED market will continue to rise.
At the same time, with the long-term introduction of LED lighting equipment by greenhouse growers and emerging vertical farm growers, and the trend of the expected decline in the cost of LED lamps, the willingness of more indoor growers to replace traditional products with LED lamps can be further enhanced. It is an important key to the growth of the future horticultural lighting LED market.
ENELTEC believes that thanks to the promotion of national policies and the mass introduction of LED plant lighting equipment in the North American medical and recreational cannabis cultivation market, the global plant lighting LED market will show explosive growth in 2020, with an output value of 301 million US dollars, an annual increase of 57%. This wave of growth momentum will also continue into 2021. It is estimated that the output value this year will reach 399 million US dollars, an annual increase of 33%.