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Job vacancies
Open call for 9 indefinite-term employment positions to work at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).
LEARN MOREWe 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.
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel tests the use of concrete waste for ocean climate protection in Gran Canaria
Scientists from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, together with several international institutions and in collaboration with the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), have deployed twelve marine laboratories to study the potential use of concrete waste for ocean climate protection. The experiment was presented at the Taliarte quay, in Telde, by
A3MAtlantic holds its monitoring meeting as part of the 1st European Ocean Pact Congress in the Canary Islands
Forum at PLOCAN on new business models based on sustainable energy transition
PLOCAN and La Gomera island Council move forward on a marine and coastal cooperation framework
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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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.
LEARN MOREMarine technical operations service with VIMAS
The VIMAS facility provides access to the fleet of gliders, ROVs and ASVs based in the Canary Islands.
LEARN MOREMarine 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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