AccurIC's new generation of high performance LED drivers will transform the quality and performance of LED lighting. All LED lighting needs 'drivers', another term for 'electronic-control-gear' or ballasts. So there is a very large global market opportunity. AccurIC has developed innovative, patented, proof-of-concept prototype LED drivers. It is seeking R&D funding from Innovate UK further to develop its prototypes and to accelerate exports and job creation. Lux TSI has lab tested AccurIC's prototypes and shown that Accuric's technology exceeds the most demanding flicker-eradication recommendations. The superior electrical efficiency and Power Factor of AccurIC's drivers also benefits the electricity Grid. AccurIC is combining its Intellectual Property (IP) with the production capabilities of Cumbria-based LED lighting specialist, Marl International. AccurIC's prototypes will showcase its IP and facilitate licensing agreements with global lighting companies. Markets&Markets (M&M) forecast that the constant current LED driver market will grow by 30% per annum to 2022. These trends will drive product sales and licensing agreements with lighting businesses around the world.

High efficiency solid state lighting (SSL), in the form of LEDs, is becoming the main light source for general lighting. Unfortunately LEDs cannot operate at high power without loss of efficiency, a problem which does not affect laser diode light sources. Algae growth and horticulture are areas where maximal efficiency with an optimal light spectrum is critical to achieving the lowest running costs. Laser diodes, correctly heat managed and integrated with spectrum selected, low cost phosphors capable of handling high light intensities, and integrated optics for channelling and spreading the light, offer a means of developing next generation light sources for plant growth. The project will integrate the technology components, including laser diode sources, their power supplies and heat management, new phosphor materials, designs for optical light guides and light spreading including the phosphors and their heat management, along with production techniques and integrate them into systems for submersible, full volume algae growth and area illumination plant horticulture. The prototypes will be installed and monitored in test sites for algae growth for waste water treatment and plant growth in an indoor farm.