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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.

NEWS

Collaboration of the European projects AquaWind and FLORA that will be tested in PLOCAN

Collaboration of the European projects AquaWind and FLORA that will be tested in PLOCAN

The European projects AquaWind and Flora, which will test their prototypes on the test site of the Canary Islands Ocean Platform (PLOCAN), have laid the foundations for future collaborations in the field of marine energy and the sustainable blue economy at an event held in the Port of Las Palmas Foundation. AquaWind, led by the

READ ARTICLE 01/06/2023
Ciencia Show 2023 invites PLOCAN on its tour of several Canary Islands.

Ciencia Show 2023 invites PLOCAN on its tour of several Canary Islands.

READ ARTICLE 08/05/2023
Marine Power Systems, focused on offshore wind, interested in demonstrating its pre-commercial prototypes in the future potential test site south of PLOCAN

Marine Power Systems, focused on offshore wind, interested in demonstrating its pre-commercial prototypes in the future potential test site south of PLOCAN

READ ARTICLE 28/04/2023
PLOCAN training sessions on Renewable Energies and Green Hydrogen production in Madeira

PLOCAN training sessions on Renewable Energies and Green Hydrogen production in Madeira

READ ARTICLE 21/04/2023

SERVICES

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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