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PLOCAN announces the 15th Glider School edition
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) convenes the 15th edition of the Glider School, an international reference training forum in ocean-glider technology, to be held from October 20th to 24th in Telde, Gran Canaria. The period application submission is already open until June 30th. More information through the event website http://www.gliderschool.eu. The didactic
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PLOCAN launches an autonomous vehicle to study marine ecosystem characteristics between the Canary Islands and Cape Verde
La Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN) ha iniciado una misión científica para estudiar las características del ecosistema marino macaronésico comprendido entre Canarias y Cabo Verde, utilizando un vehículo no tripulado de observación marina WaveGlider, lanzado este fin de semana en aguas próximas al Puerto de Taliarte, en Gran Canaria. El dispositivo, rumbo ya a Cabo
PLOCAN completes its first year of environmental monitoring within the OCEAN CITIZEN project for marine forest restoration
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has successfully completed a year of monitoring physicochemical variables and current regimes off the coast of Tenerife, as a fundamental part of its participation in the European OCEAN CITIZEN project, marking a significant advance within this project focused on Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) research and marine forest
PLOCAN joins the EXAIL- Maritime User Conference 2025
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) joined a new edition of the Maritime Users Conference, an event on Marine Autonomous Systems (MASS) organized by the technology-based company EXAIL, which annually brings together world-leading users and operators in the sector representing the development and service provider industry, academia, research, government agencies and regulatory entities
PLOCAN announces the 15th Glider School edition
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) convenes the 15th edition of the Glider School, an international reference training forum in ocean-glider technology, to be held from October 20th to 24th in Telde, Gran Canaria. The period application submission is already open until June 30th. More information through the event website http://www.gliderschool.eu. The didactic
PLOCAN hosts the launch meeting of the European project DESALIFE for seawater desalination using wave energy
The headquarters of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has hosted the launch meeting of the European project Desalination for Environmental Sustainability and Life (DESALIFE), led by the start-up Ocean Oasis Canarias and which will demonstrate and validate in the north of Gran Canaria the innovative desalination technology that uses wave energy. All
PLOCAN at the Climate and Energy Exhibition of Gran Canaria
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands was present at the Gran Canaria Climate and Energy Exhibition, which marked the closing of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy Programme. The event, held at IES Santa Brígida, was attended by 400 students from ten educational centres in six municipalities of Gran Canaria. During the
PLOCAN’s autonomous ocean-vehicles fleet annual contribution to the ocean observing strategy
The fleet of autonomous ocean-vehicles of the Canary Islands Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) has carried out various scientific, technical and training missions in 2024, totaling 133 days of sea-operations, with a navigation record of approximately 1.800 nautical miles, highlighting operations conducted in the waters of the Azores and Lisbon, and across the North and South shore
The PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet contributes to the underwater noise monitoring program within the framework of PURE WIND EU’s project
The PLOCAN test-site facility is being used as scenario for a new scientific-technical mission aimed at monitoring underwater noise derived from the systematic offshore wind energy generation on marine ecosystems. The activity is carried out within the framework of the EU’s project PURE WIND (Impact of sound on marine ecosystems from the generation of offshore
Annual Meeting of the Spanish Committee of Glider Operators (CEOG)
The Canary Islands Government delegation in Madrid hosted this week the annual meeting of the national Working Group on ocean gliders, currently joined by five institutions: AZTI (Basque Country), IEO/CSIC – Spanish Institute of Oceanography/Council for Scientific Research ( Madrid and Santander), SOCIB – Coastal Observation System (Balearic Islands), ULPGC – University of Las Palmas
PLOCAN pays tribute to Professor Ulf Riebesell for his collaboration with the institution, naming a room at its onshore facilities after him
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has recognised the collaboration and notable impact that Ulf Riebesell, professor of Biological Oceanography at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, has had on this institution by naming a room in the institution after him. Ulf Riebesell has been the driving force and coordinator of