The biggest limitation that vertical farming can find is the overall power consumption. Some considerable level of energy is needed to power its facade, its artificial lighting, your hydroponics system or aeroponic and heating and cooling systems. The amount of energy required per unit of product is an important factor in ensuring not only that the farm is sustainable, but it is also economically feasible.
However, the only technology that will be essential for the future of vertical farming will be LED lighting. This type of artificial lighting has a high efficiency photoelectric conversion, consuming only one - eighth of incandescent lamp power, half the power of fluorescent lamp, and using a lower supply voltage (6-24V), which makes it safer to work and reduces transmission losses.
LED lights are small, has a high service life, low power consumption, generate less heat and can produce light in varying intensities. For producing less heat, light can be moved closer to the plants. This increases efficiency, not only in terms of energy use, but also allowing the growth of layers of plants become denser, making more efficient use of space.
LED lights can be tuned to emit only a light wavelength narrow, they can also be combined to create a perfect illumination light and provides an ideal spectrum for the growth of the culture. Another benefit is that light waves But this approach also has its own shortcomings that electricity might sound. LEDs can provide plant precise laboratory need to grow light, but current, the LED's efficiency is only 28%, which makes the production cost of this method of planting is very high, thus blocking its propagation to the rate of rich cheap on vegetables region. However, the Dutch Philips company engineers have recently developed optical efficiency of 68% of the LED, the light will significantly reduce costs. Furthermore, the fluorescent lamp comprises a high pressure sodium lamp and a light source including the light generation is expected to resolve the problem, both because of its low running cost.
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