Automated Process Farming - Grow Lights and Plant Farm Computer Systems

Plant Factory Grow Lights and Controls Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016

$3500 - Single Copy or $7000 - Web Posting | Report # SH24430317 | 254 Pages | 115 Tables and Figures | 2009

Automated Process Farming - Grow Lights and Plant Farm Computer Systems

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Plant Factory Grow Lights and Controls Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016

WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on: Plant Factory Grow Lights and Controls Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010-2016. Plant Factory Grow Lights and Controls are useful as a way to automate the farming process of growing vegetables and plants used for pharmaceuticals. Grow lamps are needed for warehouse year round food production. Crops are more productive than traditional farming by a factor of ten. The study has 254 pages and 115 tables and figures.

Plant factories are positioned as a significant addition to automated process. The ability to grow food consistently, locally represents a major breakthrough for humanity. People can grow food in warehouses and in the home, dedicating space that is efficient for producing food.

When you take the cost of transportation out of the food chain, this is a breakthrough of major propositions. When you make fresh, sanitary food available consistently, there is a major shift in how people live and the quality of life. When you increase the density of food production by a factor of ten, this is significant.

Food factories produce organic vegetables. This represents a next step in the application of automated process to everyday life. Automated process for farming provides immediate help for food stores that are depleting quickly. Inventors have started to look toward possibilities that allow farming practices that are not dependent on the climate. Food factories produce organic vegetables 24 hours a day. With the land available for farming depleting quickly, new types of farming are evolving.

A plant factory allows the growing of vegetables indoors all year round. It is a system that artificially creates the environment necessary for plants to grow by controlling the amount of culture solution, air, and light from light-emitting diodes (LED). Because the amount of light, temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration levels can be optimized without being affected by the weather, the growth rate of vegetables is two to four times faster than those grown in open-air fields, and yields are ten to twenty times higher.

Growth light spectrum positioning relates to understand the spectrum at which plants grow and that this is different from the spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Vendors are then able to build lights that maximize plant growth. These lights are significantly different from light used for human visible lighting.

Plant growth is a function of photosynthesis. This is not determined by lux or energy, but by the photons from the blue to red (400-700 nm) part of the spectrum. This is called growth light. Visible light has a somewhat different spectrum. Light for horticulture is in the visible part of electromagnetic radiation. For horticulture photons from the blue to red (400-700 nm) part of the spectrum are what stimulate growth. Natural daylight (global radiation) is measured in terms of energy (J orW) with a solar meter. New measures of light specific for plant factories are evolving.

A plant factory is a facility in which all the environmental elements for plant growth are artificially controlled. Lighting, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide density, and culture solution are controlled. Systems are designed to support year-around, scheduled production of plants and vegetables.

The plant factories market can be divided into 2 major categories, new plant factory construction market and plant factory products market. Plants and vegetables are produced in the plant factories.

Plant factories come with complete artificial lighting in a totally-enclosed environment. Other plant systems combine the use of solar and artificial lighting. For the future, plant factories are being implemented is a highly automated, protected environment. Horticulture facilities are being built which permit year-round scheduled plant production.

Energy saving HID Lighting choices are implemented as metal halide (MH) or long lasting high pressure sodium (HPS) light sources . Traditional, shoe box, or curved back specification grade HID Lights with swivel arm, trunnion, slipfitter or wall mounts are offered. Factory installed photocells are optional on most models. Hood, shield, and wire guard accessories for HID Lights can be ordered separately.

Grow light systems, remote ballasts, reflectors, lamps, nutrients, light movers, timers and meters are offered.

Plant factory grow lamp market forecast analysis indicates that the market in 2009 at $127 million dollars is anticipated to reach $3.8 billion worldwide by 2016. Market growth comes as solar energy makes it feasible to grow plants locally instead of shipping food long distance. Farming has been moving steadily in the direction of consolidation of workload.

Companies Profiled
Iwasaki Electric Venture Lighting International / Sunmaster Philips Ozu Corporation Daystar Technologies Sunrise Biotechnology	SolarMax General Electric (GE) Rambridge Siemens Taiwan Floriculture Exports Association

Report Methodology

This is the 443rd report in a series of market research reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

About the Company

WinterGreen Research, founded in 1985, provides strategic market assessments in telecommunications, communications equipment, health care, and advanced computer technology. Industry reports focus on opportunities that will expand existing markets or develop major new markets. The reports assess new product and service positioning strategies, new and evolving technologies, and technological impact on products, services, and markets. Market shares are provided. Leading market participants are profiled, and their marketing strategies, acquisitions, and strategic alliances are discussed. The principals of WinterGreen Research have been involved in analysis and forecasting of international business opportunities in telecommunications and advanced computer technology markets for over 30 years.

About the Principal Authors

Ellen T. Curtiss, Technical Director, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, conducts strategic and market assessments in technology-based industries. Previously she was a member of the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc., for 23 years, most recently as Vice President of Arthur D. Little Decision Resources, specializing in strategic planning and market development services. She is a graduate of Boston University and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She is the author of recent studies on worldwide telecommunications markets and the Top Ten Telecommunications market analysis and forecasts.

Susan Eustis, President, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, has done research in communications and computer markets and applications. She holds several patents in microcomputing and parallel processing. She is the author of recent studies of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) marketing strategies, Internet software, a study of Push to Talk Equipment, Worldwide Telecommunications Equipment, Top Ten Telecommunications, Digital Loop Carrier, Web Hosting, Business Process Management, Servers, Blades, the Mainframe as a Green Machine, and Application Server markets. Ms. Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College.