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Open call for 9 indefinite-term employment positions to work at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).

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We build, equip and operate a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a public Consortium created in 2007 between the then Ministry of Education and Science, now Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), and the Government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, with the aim of building, equipping and operating a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

Construction of the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) prototype to be tested at PLOCAN begins

Construction of the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) prototype to be tested at PLOCAN begins

The Austrian company AGRU and the Hidramar shipyard in the port of Las Palmas have started the construction of a prototype that will advance Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology in regions prone to severe weather conditions, which will be tested at the PLOCAN test site. The structure, which consists of a cylindrical hull, a

READ ARTICLE 19/03/2024
AquaWind: Progress and Collaboration at the Mid-Project Meeting

AquaWind: Progress and Collaboration at the Mid-Project Meeting

READ ARTICLE 15/03/2024
PLOCAN at the closing meeting of the European project GROOM-II

PLOCAN at the closing meeting of the European project GROOM-II

READ ARTICLE 06/03/2024
The TechOceanS project validates at PLOCAN facilities cutting-edge European ocean sensors and robotics.

The TechOceanS project validates at PLOCAN facilities cutting-edge European ocean sensors and robotics.

READ ARTICLE 05/03/2024

Data service

It consists of providing the data acquired by a set of Lagrangian observation systems, mainly based on autonomous marine vehicles and drifter buoys.

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Hosting service

Testing capabilities are offered, at various scales, for experimental fixed and floating devices, special structures, testing of components in the marine environment, operational performance testing of marine technologies, optimisation of equipment at sea and, in general, any testing of experimental technologies, concepts or services in the marine environment.

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Marine technical operations service with VIMAS

The VIMAS facility provides access to the fleet of gliders, ROVs and ASVs based in the Canary Islands.

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Marine operations service on the Offshore Ocean Platform

The Offshore Ocean Platform facility provides efficient access to the ocean at increasing depths in an environmentally sustainable manner.

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