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PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) announces the 14th Glider School edition, a leading hands-on training forum on ocean-glider technologies, scheduled for October 21st to 25th 2024 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 cover

READ ARTICLE 16/04/2024

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PLOCAN joined the 1st Conference on Autonomous Ships in Spain

PLOCAN joined the 1st Conference on Autonomous Ships in Spain

The General Directorate of the Merchant Marine (DGMM), of MITMA, organized at the headquarters of the Center for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works (CEDEX) in Madrid the I Technical Conference on Autonomous Ships, with the main objective to disseminate the activities that the different members at the national level in Spain are carrying out

25/10/2022 READ ARTICLE
The WATEREYE project provides new tools for the operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms

The WATEREYE project provides new tools for the operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms

The consortium of the European project WATEREYE has concluded its work at PLOCAN in an event in which the main achievements obtained in order to implement new monitoring, diagnosis, forecast and control tools in offshore wind farms to adopt intelligent predictive decisions of operation and maintenance have been shown. The project has been financed with

21/10/2022 READ ARTICLE
Launch of the European project Aquawind for offshore wind energy and aquaculture coordinated by the ACIISI

Launch of the European project Aquawind for offshore wind energy and aquaculture coordinated by the ACIISI

A prototype of a multi-use platform that combines wind energy production and aquaculture will be tested at the PLOCAN test site The land-based headquarters of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) hosts the launch meeting of the European project AquaWind, a multi-use platform that combines wind energy production and aquaculture, and is coordinated

11/10/2022 READ ARTICLE
WATEREYE Final Dissemination Event

WATEREYE Final Dissemination Event

PLOCAN is pleased to invite you to the Final Dissemination Event of the WATEREYE project, which will take place on October 20th, at 9:30 am at PLOCAN facilities, where the main achievements of the project will be presented.   After three years of development, WATEREYE presents a solution proposal for cost reduction of maintenance and

30/09/2022 READ ARTICLE
Blue-GIFT Steering Group Meeting at PLOCAN

Blue-GIFT Steering Group Meeting at PLOCAN

Representatives of the European Atlantic Arc test sites: PLOCAN, WavEc, BiMEP, EMEC and BlueWise Marine, visited the prototypes supported by the Blue-GIFT (Blue Growth and Innovation Fast Tracked) project of EnerOcean, Tension Technology International and X1 Wind, at the Astican shipyard and the Reina Sofia dock in the port of Las Palmas, on the occasion

28/09/2022 READ ARTICLE
Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster visits PLOCAN

Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster visits PLOCAN

Representatives from the Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster, together with thirteen companies an Innovation Norway visited the onshore headquarters of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands due to their interest on the development of the offshore wind in Gran Canaria. The first offshore wind tender is expected early in 2023, once the Maritime Special Plannings

21/09/2022 READ ARTICLE
Kick Off Conference of the European Project “Open and Universal Science (OPUS)“ celebrated at PLOCAN

Kick Off Conference of the European Project “Open and Universal Science (OPUS)“ celebrated at PLOCAN

The Kick off Conference of the Open and Universal Science Project (OPUS), coordinated and organized by PLOCAN, was held at the headquarters of the singular scientific-technical infrastructure in Taliarte, Gran Canaria, with the participation and presentation of the plans of the 18 partners of the consortium, defining actions on how to produce an impact on

20/09/2022 READ ARTICLE
Validation process of the WATEREYE predictive maintenance project at the PLOCAN test site

Validation process of the WATEREYE predictive maintenance project at the PLOCAN test site

The infrastructures of the platform located on PLOCAN’s test site host the final validation process of the European project WATEREYE for predictive maintenance of offshore wind farms. The solutions developed will allow cost reduction and contribute to increasing annual energy production thanks to an innovative monitoring and control system. The final phase of validation comes

13/09/2022 READ ARTICLE
The floating wind prototype PivotBuoy is ready to be installed in PLOCAN’s test site

The floating wind prototype PivotBuoy is ready to be installed in PLOCAN’s test site

The new marine floating wind turbine prototype, which was designed with the patented technology PivotBuoy®, is prepared to be moored on PLOCAN’s waters at the test site in Gran Canaria. The developer X1 Wind has completed another milestone in the PivotBuoy project because of the installation of the dynamic cable. This is another step further,

07/09/2022 READ ARTICLE
The PLOCAN glider fleet supports the eIMPACT project led by ULPGC and CSIC for the study of ocean eddies

The PLOCAN glider fleet supports the eIMPACT project led by ULPGC and CSIC for the study of ocean eddies

The area of Vehicles, Instruments and Submarine Machines (VIMAS) of ​​the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands as Unique Scientific-Technical Infrastructure (ICTS-PLOCAN) has started a technical and operational collaboration with the eIMPACT project of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), whose main objective is to

18/08/2022 READ ARTICLE
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