Svetogor equipped with the Philips Lighting system the cucumber greenhouse of Agriculture

The Philips Lighting company together with Agrokultura Group and the partner announced Svetogor in February, 2018 end of the hothouse project based on LED solutions for cultivation of cucumbers.

"Agriculture" — the supplier of hothouse vegetables located in the Moscow region. The company tests a hybrid lighting system of 7.550 sq.m based on gas discharge lamps of high intensity and the solutions Philips GreenPower LED. Main objectives of the project investors call increase in volumes and predictability of a harvest and also expense reduction on the electric power.

In our cucumber greenhouse we use lighting from September to April, for about 4,000 hours. Thanks to our lighting system we will be able to cut down expenses on electricity and to increase its profitability — Vladimir Chernyshov, the CEO of Agrokultura Group told. — In addition to cost reduction on the electric power, we expect increase in volumes of a harvest that will allow us to bring LED modules to payback in three-four years of operation. Level of return of investments which we will reach during a trial period will play a key role in making decision on transfer of all 30 hectares of our greenhouses to LED lighting. We decided to cooperate with Philips Lighting company because of high-quality technical solutions of a brand and opportunity to deliver the large order in rather short terms.

The project was implemented by Svetogor — the company which specializes in assimilatory light and "turnkey" project lighting. Svetogor makes own innovation lighting instruments of high intensity for greenhouses and has extensive experience in the field of LED technologies which is based on accomplishment of more than 100 large-scale projects using LED lighting in the last five years.