SBIR Phase II: A Sustainable Wavelength Selective Energy Producing Greenhouse

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）二期项目将展示一种可持续波长选择性能源生产温室覆盖物，为温室蔬菜和花卉种植者提供第二次电力收获。温室使用一种专有的方法，选择性地吸收太阳光谱中不被植物使用的绿色部分，并利用这些光来发电。植物的生长是通过控制光的光谱来帮助最有效的生长的。这种具有成本效益和高度耐用的温室盖将在商业温室生长环境中进行测试。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将是减少在美国生产食品所需的能源，并降低温室种植产品的碳足迹。温室覆盖将通过提高小规模温室生产的经济性来帮助快速增长的当地食品工业，并通过在靠近消费地点的地方种植食物来节省自然资源。该产品的商业化将创造一种全新的能源，可以在5年内收回成本，还可以为当地消费者提供新鲜的鲜花和蔬菜。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) phase II project will demonstrate a sustainable wavelength selective energy producing greenhouse covering that will provide a second harvest of electricity for greenhouse growers of vegetables and flowers. The greenhouse uses a proprietary method to selectively absorb only the green portion of the solar spectrum that is not used by plants and utilize this light to generate electricity. Plant growth is helped by controlling the spectrum of the light for most efficient growth. This cost effective and highly durable greenhouse cover will be tested in a commercial greenhouse growing environment. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project will be to reduce the energy required to produce food in the United States and lower the carbon footprint for greenhouse grown products. The greenhouse covering will help the rapidly growing local food industry by improving the economics of small scale greenhouse production and save natural resources by growing food close to where it is consumed. The commercialization of this product will create a completely new energy source that can pay for itself in 5 years and can also provide fresh flowers and vegetables to local consumers.