New high-power horticulture LED from ams Osram

Added on 28 May 2024

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New high-power horticulture LED from ams Osram

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Premstaetten, Austria, and Munich, Germany — The OSCONIQ® P3737 high-power LED achieves industry-leading wall plug efficiency of 83.2% in Hyper Red, enabling unique output levels and cost savings. Vegetable, flower, and other growers benefit from a stable photon flux thanks to the Q90 lifetime of 102,000 hours. From June 11 to 13 ams OSRAM will present the latest highlight products from its horticultural lighting portfolio at GreenTech Amsterdam 2024.

Energy-efficient LED solutions are important levers that greenhouse operators can use to save energy. Upgrading to LED lighting pays off, leading to significant efficiency enhancements and thus cost benefits. ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, has now launched its OSCONIQ® P 3737, a high-power LED equipped with state-of-the-art chip technology that offers industry-leading performance with an overall wall plug efficiency (WPE) of 83.2 % in Hyper Red, outstanding robustness and a long lifetime.

Optimum light intensity with lower energy costs: comparative savings with the OSCONIQ® P 3737
With the new OSCONIQ® P 3737 from ams OSRAM, energy costs in greenhouses can be significantly reduced without compromising on light output ratio (LOR). Thanks to the LED’s market-leading overall wall plug efficiency of 83.2 % in Hyper Red, manufacturers of horticultural luminaires can redesign their fixtures to achieve a higher photon flux of 6.13 µmol/s with lower energy consumption. This results in a significant increase in the photosynthesis rate (PS rate), maximizes crop yields, and shortens harvest cycles.

Here’s a simple cost calculation: With its overall efficiency of 83.2 %, the new OSCONIQ® P 3737 Hyper Red can achieve 11 % energy savings, which is great progress compared to previous-generation LEDs with an overall efficiency of 74 %. With the same photon flux, this corresponds to € 11 per € 100 spent. For a medium-sized greenhouse with annual electricity costs of more than € 100,000, vegetable, flower, and other growers can save € 11,000 per year by installing the latest LED lighting technology.* In addition, higher photon flux levels have the potential to result in more biomass and shorter crop cycles. Tests have shown that the LED still delivers 90 % of its original light output even after 102,000 operating hours. This means that the OSCONIQ® P 3737 has the longest lifetime of all LEDs for horticultural fixtures.
*Depending on the energy costs and system parameters