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PLOCAN announces the XIII Glider School edition

PLOCAN announces the XIII Glider School edition

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands -PLOCAN- announces the 13th Glider School edition, a leading hands-on training forum on ocean-glider technologies, scheduled for October 23rd to 27th 2023 in Telde, Gran Canaria (Spain). The period for submitting applications to attend will remain open until June 30th . More details at http://www.gliderschool.eu Didactical contents will

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The IES Garoe’s educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” reaches the mid-Atlantic ridge

The IES Garoe’s educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” reaches the mid-Atlantic ridge

The educational sailing miniboat “El Hierro-Mar Salitre y Lava” of the IES Garoé and the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has reached the mid-Atlantic ridge after 107 days of journey, heading so far towards the Northeast coast of South America in the development zone of hurricanes that affect the Caribbean and Central America.

04/09/2023 READ ARTICLE
Scientific mission with uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) to assess and catalog ocean ecosystems of the Atlantic basin

Scientific mission with uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) to assess and catalog ocean ecosystems of the Atlantic basin

The Mission Atlantic USV-WaveGlider uncrewed vehicle has been put into operation in waters of Faial Island, Azores (Portugal), to collect 3D information on essential ocean variables (physical, chemical and biological), as well as to map biodiversity, food supply and pressures on the Atlantic Ocean basin. The activity runs within the framework of the European Mission

21/07/2023 READ ARTICLE
Selection of students for the XIII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

Selection of students for the XIII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

The XIII edition of the PLOCAN School of Autonomous Marine Glider School (“Glider School”) will bring together students from Norway, Italy, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, USA, United Kingdom, Brazil and Spain, together with the main manufacturers of commercial ocean gliders technologies, keeping its commitment as international benchmark for highly specialized training in this type of autonomous

18/07/2023 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN leads the H2Heat project on hydrogen production and use of hydrogen for heating from marine renewable energies

PLOCAN leads the H2Heat project on hydrogen production and use of hydrogen for heating from marine renewable energies

The H2Heat consortium, led and coordinated by Dr. Gordon Dalton of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), has been awarded the Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-03 call entitled “Innovative production of renewable energy vectors for heating from renewable energy (H2Heat). With a budget of 13 million euros, of which 10 million are provided by the

04/07/2023 READ ARTICLE
Maritime Innovation and Energy Transition: success at the National Event of the Atlantic Action Plan in Vigo

Maritime Innovation and Energy Transition: success at the National Event of the Atlantic Action Plan in Vigo

The port city of Vigo (Spain) has marked a milestone on the road to a sustainable blue economy, driven by the energy transition with the holding of the flagship workshop “Ports as gateways and hubs for energy transition: potential energy sources and prototype analysis” involving industry, academics and public sector actors. This meeting served to

30/06/2023 READ ARTICLE
Pupils participating in PRIMROV test their prototypes at PLOCAN

Pupils participating in PRIMROV test their prototypes at PLOCAN

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands hosted the final prototype test of the “PrimROV: sea, science and robotics in Primary School” project. This event was attended by almost a hundred students from different schools on the islands, who had the opportunity to test the robotic boats they built during the academic year in the

21/06/2023 READ ARTICLE
Final event of the EDUROVs project: Underwater robotics for secondary education

Final event of the EDUROVs project: Underwater robotics for secondary education

The final event of the EDUROVs project: “EduROV: underwater robotics for secondary school” was held at the land-based headquarters of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) in Taliarte, bringing together almost 200 secondary school students from various schools in the Canary Islands. The participating schools were the following: IES Bañaderos Cipriano Acosta, IES

20/06/2023 READ ARTICLE
Mundus maris commemorates World Oceans Day at CEIP Principe de Asturias in Telde

Mundus maris commemorates World Oceans Day at CEIP Principe de Asturias in Telde

Mundus Maris Science and Arts for Sustainability, an organisation of environmentally concerned scientists, artists, teachers, and parents from different regions of the world, who join forces to promote the transition to sustainability and humane and dignified lives, celebrated World Oceans Day at CEIP Príncipe de Asturias, Telde, Gran Canaria, with the participation of Dr. M.L.

19/06/2023 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN at the International Maritime Fair 2023

PLOCAN at the International Maritime Fair 2023

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) was present at the recent edition of the International Maritime Fair 2023 (FIMAR), held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The PLOCAN booth became a space of great interest for visitors, who had the opportunity to learn first-hand about the innovative technologies and projects in which the

18/06/2023 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN grants access to its marine test site to Subsea Mechatronics

PLOCAN grants access to its marine test site to Subsea Mechatronics

As part of the ProtoAtlantic project, PLOCAN has granted Subsea Mechatronics access to its marine test site. Subsea Mechatronics is a Canary Islands-based SME that designs, manufactures, and operates remote sensing platforms for both fixed (IoT) and mobile (ROVs) industries. Subsea Mechatronics has accessed PLOCAN’s marine test site on two occasions. The first was to

13/06/2023 READ ARTICLE
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