SOLLUM lands LED deals for large greenhouses in Canada and USA

Added on 12 October 2023

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SOLLUM lands LED deals for large greenhouses in Canada and USA

Is the drought beginning to ease in the horticultural lighting industry?

Sollum Technologies has landed two new deals to light large greenhouses in Canada and the U.S., providing a glimmer of recovery for the horticultural lighting industry.

Montreal-based Sollum said that it will provide LED toplights covering a hectare of beefsteak tomatoes growing (about 108,000 square feet) inside a 1.5- hectare greenhouse operated by grower Les Serres Bertrand in Lanoraie, Québec. Les Serres Bertrand currently uses only natural light in the greenhouse. It plans to begin installation by mid-October in time for mid-December planting, a Sollum spokesperson told LEDs Magazine. The installation will include Sollum’s “Sun as a Service” controls allowing the grower to dynamically alter the light recipe.

Sollum declined to reveal how many luminaires it is providing and how much it is charging. The installation could lead to further LED deployments at Bertrand, the spokesperson said. Bertrand has a total of 10 hectares (over 1 million square feet) across three sites in Lanoraie and Mirabel, both in Quebec.

In a separate deal, Sollum said that Loudon, N.H.–based plant nursery Pleasant View Gardens will replace high-pressure sodium (HPS) lights with Sollum’s SF-PRO LED fittings at Pleasant View greenhouses in Loudon and Pembroke, N.H., initially over 30,000 square feet.

Pleasant View operates around 1.3 million square feet of greenhouses in total, growing a variety of crops including annuals, perennials, shrubs, and houseplants for nursery retailers and brands including Proven Winner, stocked by Home Depot. It grows at both the early “liner” stage and the later “finished” stage. The first lights will cover liner crops starting in January, Sollum told LEDs.