Obama hopes to boost green energy, UC can help

The Obama administration has proposed to jumpstart the U.S. economy through the development of green and alternative energies, and the University of Cincinnati is poised to take advantage.

The bulk of the 10-year, $150 billion plan will be channelled into public research universities, which will likely be acting to develop state initiatives.

In Ohio, this means finding ways to develop clean coal technology in a way that will mitigate the negative effects of the fossil fuel on the environment.

But UC is also doing significant research in fuel cell technology and biofuels, and additional funding could go a long way in bolstering the sometimes tedious process of alternative energy development.

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