Week 9: Blog post 2a: Europe: Germany: 'Synlight,' An Artificial Sun In Germany, Could Generate Alternative Fuel

 The article called, "'Synlight,' An Artificial Sun In Germany, Could Generate Alternative Fuel", says that the Germany is spending efforts trying to develop alternative green energy, hydrogen and to offset the drawbacks of hydrogen planning to use the "synlight" they are testing now. German Aerospace Center is looking for chemical applications to create hydrogen and hydrogen is often called green energy source because of nonexistence of carbon dioxide which makes the earth warm. However hydrogen has a problem that it requires lots of energy to produce it. In order to overcome this deficiency, Germany is trying to utilize the energy of "synlight", the artificial and powerful light which is as intense as radiation of sun and more reliable than the real sun. To sum up, Germany is looking for the reproduction of hydrogen by using the artificial but intense enough sun while overcoming the main shortcomings of hydrogen.

 I have been interested in the problem of environment, especially alternative energy which is sustainable, so when I was 17, I participated in course studying development of several alternative energy using the sun, the ocean current, and gas from the machine operated. First of all, the sun is the most ubiquitous and lasting material, but has limited application because of low efficiency, so if there is amplification device, I thought we can use it more extensively. Similarly, the current is always present wherever the sea is, and it has critical feature that there is a tidal basin that can operate the motor which can make energy. Finally, the most I thought likely energy source was gas from the equipment because if we could make suitable chemical reaction, the discharge of machines can be reorganized to make energy, not being a trash of the air. I have thought the most important factor of the alternative energy is prevalence, and for these reasons I still would like to develop the solar energy, mechanism of the ocean, and the discharge from the appliance or commercial machine.

Rieger, Sarah. "Giant Artificial Sun Could Generate Alternative Fuel." The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post, 30 Apr. 2017. Web. 02 May 2017.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/04/30/synlight_n_16346100.html