The canal boat Ross Barlow is a hybrid hydrogen narrowboat, power-assisted by an electric motor whose electricity is supplied by a fuel cell or a battery.

The boat is named in memory of a postgraduate student who was killed in a hang gliding accident in March 2005 at the age of 25.

He had worked on the project in its early stages and was an enthusiastic supporter of sustainable energy.

[2] The fixed tanks are refuelled at a waterway hydrogen station.

Storage: 2.5 kilograms (5.5 lb) of hydrogen at 10-bar (1,000 kPa) in 5 Ti-V-Mn-Fe[clarification needed][3] metal hydride solid-state hydrogen tanks,[4][failed verification] a lead acid battery stack, a 5-kW PEM fuel cell and a high torque NdFeB permanent magnet brushed DC electric motor.