Let there be light: Germans switch on 'largest artificial sun'
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from on (#2GT6D)
Scientists hope experiment, which can generate temperatures of around 3,500C, will help to develop carbon-neutral fuel
German scientists are switching on "the world's largest artificial sun" in the hope that intense light sources can be used to generate climate-friendly fuel.
The Synlight experiment in Ji1/4lich, about 19 miles west of Cologne, consists 149 souped-up film projector spotlights and produces light about 10,000 times the intensity of natural sunlight on Earth.