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indoor food production Professor Cather Simpson Department of Physics School of Chemical Sciences Photon Factory c.simpson@auckland.ac.nz @ptolemytortoise A London warehouse will be converted into a salad, herb and fish farm, and will

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Professor Cather Simpson

Department of Physics School of Chemical Sciences Photon Factory c.simpson@auckland.ac.nz @ptolemytortoise

indoor food production

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http://www.fruitnet.com/fpj/article/164914/uks-first-aquaponic-farm-gets-green-light

“A London warehouse will be converted into a salad, herb and fish farm, and will produce 200,000 bags of salad a year”

2015, Fresh Produce Journal

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“Growing at a small scale, you can’t get to the labor efficiencies that you need. It requires, in essence, too many people.” [Photo: courtesy Plenty]

https://www fastcompany com/40420610/has-this-silicon-valley-startup-finally-nailed-the-indoor-farming-model

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https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/indoor-farming-technology-market-40175861.html

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Population= people who eat!

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Population= people who eat!

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“Third of Earth's soil is acutely degraded due to agriculture”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/12/third-of-earths-soil-acutely- degraded-due-to-agriculture-study

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Advances in photonic technologies

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Advances in photonic technologies

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Cost of photonic technology

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15 TW (terawatt) challenge

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https://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/04/solar-panel-cost-trends-10-charts/

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https://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/04/solar-panel-cost-trends-10-charts/

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Solar module cost drops by ~ half every ~ 10 years

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Why are solar panels (modules) dropping in price?? “low level” “high level”

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Advances in solar energy technology Cost of solar energy

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Advances in artificial lighting technology Cost of artificial lighting

By Maurice Dessertenne - "Eclairage", in Nouveau Larousse Illustré, tôme quatrième E-G, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid= 6405106 https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/through-hole/rgb-fast-color-changing-led-2/1041/2504/

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https://ourworldindata.org/light

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Consumption of lighting from candles, gas, kerosene and electricity in the United Kingdom (in billion lumen-hours), 1700-2000 – Fouquet and Pearson (2007)

https://ourworldindata.org/light

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https://ourworldindata.org/light

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Advances in solar energy technology Cost of solar energy Advances in artificial lighting technology Cost of artificial lighting

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https://www.plenty.ag/purpose/

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https://www.plenty.ag/purpose/

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https://www.plenty.ag/purpose/

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https://www.plenty.ag/purpose/

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Sundrop Farms “Australian desert farm grows 17,000 metric tons of vegetables with just seawater and sun “

https://inhabitat.com/australian-desert-farm-grows-17000-metric-tons-of-vegetables-with-just-seawater-and-sun/?variation= c

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Sundrop Farms

https://inhabitat.com/australian-desert-farm-grows-17000-metric-tons-of-vegetables-with-just-seawater-and-sun/?variation= c

Concentrated solar power  heating, desalination (fresh water), electricity Seawater  desalinated (solar)  plants + brine 39 MW peak power

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Sundrop Farms – Australia

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Smart Floating Farms by Forward Thinking Architecture

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Smart Floating Farms by Forward Thinking Architecture

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The Need The Photonics The Cost