Optimizing Greenhouse Lighting for Advanced Agriculture Based on Real Time Electricity Market Price
Table 8
Comparison of production indices with and without electrical lighting for an industrial greenhouse with an area equal to 200,000 square meters and 120 days of cherry tomato cultivation.
Natural light
Natural light + Electrical Light
Change percentage
Average light amount (mol/m2 day)
20.4
+61.1%
Tomato production amount (Tons)
1,708
+58%
Income of greenhouse (USD)
8,540,000
+58%
Electricity consumption for lighting (mega watt hour)
—
49180.798
—
Cost of electricity for lighting (USD)
—
2,796,019.2
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Profit of greenhouse based on using electrical lighting (USD)
