El séptimo informe anual "State of the Cannabis Lighting Market" elaborado por Cannabis Business Times destaca el dominio de los LED en los cultivos de cannabis
AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 13, 2022)—Fluence, a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, today announced the release of the seventh-annual “State of the Cannabis Lighting Market” report produced by Cannabis Business Times, a national publication dedicated to the ongoing advancement of legal cannabis cultivators.
Results from the 2022 report demonstrate the increasing usage of LED lighting technology across all growth stages of cannabis cultivation. For the first time ever, at least 70% of study participants from commercial indoor or greenhouse operations with supplemental lighting used LEDs in cannabis propagation, vegetation and/or flowering stages. The report also demonstrates an increase in LED usage by more than 50 percentage points since the study’s first year in 2016.
These impressive findings emerge against the background of the industry facing a complex set of headwinds, including supply chain shortages, a rise in capital improvement costs, a cannabis surplus in North America and increasing inflation rates.
“The pioneering spirit and relentless pursuit of excellence that cannabis growers have always brought to the industry has never been more apparent,” said David Cohen, CEO of Fluence. “This year’s report combined with Fluence’s own industry-leading research continue to affirm the important role of LED lighting in achieving even more efficient and productive economies of scale.”The report provides a holistic view into the connection between lighting solutions and plant growth across all stages—propagation, vegetation and flowering. Key findings from the report, which helps accelerate the success of plant-touching companies in the legal cannabis industry with actionable intelligence in all aspects of the business, include:
- El 83% de los participantes señalan la eficiencia energética como la principal ventaja de utilizar iluminación LED.
- El 46% de los participantes que están considerando implantar o reequipar con LED citan el menor consumo de energía como el principal motor de compra.
- El 53% de los participantes señalaron la "intensidad de la luz" como el principal factor que determinaba sus decisiones de compra de luz para la floración, 13 puntos porcentuales más que el año pasado.
- El 47% de los cultivadores citan la importancia de las capacidades de atenuación de las luminarias y de permitir una mayor flexibilidad de la iluminación, frente al 36% en 2021.
- El 30% de los participantes en el estudio que no utilizan LED tienen previsto añadir LED para la floración en los próximos 12 meses.
- El 51% de los cultivadores están interesados en explorar la iluminación lateral, intercanopia, subcanopia u otro tipo de iluminación, además de la iluminación superior.
“In 2016, when Cannabis Business Times first launched the ‘State of the Cannabis Lighting Market’ report in partnership with Fluence, eight states had legalized cannabis for adult-use consumption,” said Michelle Simakis, editor-in-chief of Cannabis Business Times. “Seven years later, there are 19 states that have legalized adult-use cannabis, and more states with medical programs than without. The industry has evolved greatly during that short time. The ‘State of the Cannabis Lighting Market’ report, using independent, third-party research, has captured how cultivation lighting strategies have changed to meet growing and new markets, and offers comparative data and insights into key studies with a window into not only what’s happening in growing facilities now but what’s next in lighting.”
The 2022 “State of the Cannabis Lighting Market” study was conducted by Readex Research. Participants included North American cannabis cultivators. View the full report on Fluence’s website or in Cannabis Business Times’ Octubre issue.
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Fluence Bioengineering, Inc. (Fluence) creates powerful and energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial crop production and research applications. Fluence is a leading LED lighting supplier in the global cannabis market and is committed to enabling more efficient crop production with the world’s top vertical farms and greenhouse produce growers. Fluence global headquarters are in Austin, Texas, with its EMEA headquarters in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Fluence operates as a business unit within Signify’s Digital Solutions division. For more information about Fluence, visit www.fluencestage.wpengine.com.
