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Boats equipped by The Solar Boat Company

The Wey and Arun canal's new electric Trip barge "Wiggonholt" with Video. in the West Sussex County Times. Equipped with two Agni Motors.
Birmingham University's Hydrogen canal boat "Ross Barlow" An electric narrowboat with an on board hydrogen fuel cell providing charge to the batteries. The Solar Boat Company supplied and installed the electric motor, motor controls, charger and batteries.
"Unity" 70' x 13' Solar-Electric barge FOR SALE (Oct 2009). This 2005 Kennet barge replica is powered by a 30HP electric propulsion system with 6kW inverter, 1.2 Ton battery and over a kiloWatt of plastic laminate solar panels were fitted by the Solar Boat Company's fourth electric barge project. A picture of "Unity" is on the. EBA web site.
Beauchamp, The Electric Barge and Floating Classroom, operates from its base in Little Venice near Paddington in Central London.

Electric boating

The Electric Boat Association.
A holiday on board an electric narrowboatis described in The Guardian.

Other green boating and electric vehicle links

Here is a video of an electric narrowboat motor at 110mph, overtaking another electric bike at the TT in June 2009. Cedric Lynch the inventor is interviewed and the North London/Indian motor builders are triumphant.

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