Seoul Semiconductor Co. will be a supplier of 300 thousand pieces of LED for “LED Farming Demonstration Project” which is organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry of Japan with the purpose to demonstrate the application of LED in farming lighting.

The Z-Power LED products provided by Seoul Semiconductor will emit red and blue lights which can help the growth of plants. As a participant in this project, Seoul Semiconductor had its competitive power proved among its Japanese rivals of advanced technologies. And it has also shown the possibility to expand the LED market into the farming field. With LED supplementary lights as artificial light source in farming, the quality and quantity of plants will be improved and the income of the farmers will also increase.

Incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps and sodium lamps have been generally used in the past. While the new LED lights will offer higher power efficiency and longer lifespan without carbon discharge. According to a report of Rural Development Association of Korea, by replacing the incandescent lamps with LED lights for supplementary lighting in 3,000 hectare of farm, about 70% of the energy will be saved, which amounts to $12M per year.

What’s more, with the LED artificial lighting, farming will be possible even in the dessert or the Artic region. Therefore, the application of LED is expected to be a solution of the food problems in many countries.