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Heard of Synlight? World's largest artificial sun being built by Germans

All you need to know about the project which will illuminate a brighter future for renewable energy

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Neha Mishra New Delhi
The Germans are experimenting with “the world’s largest artificial sun” in the hope that it can be used to generate climate-friendly alternative fuel.

In an experimental attempt to develop better solar production energy, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) scientists designed ‘the world’s largest artificial sun’ officially named as “Synlight”, a giant honeycomb-like set-up, which can generate climate friendly fuel.

Here’s all you need to know about the project which will illuminate a brighter future for renewable energy.

The light is made up of 149 xenon lamps  and it is so  powerful that it's housed in a radioactive

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