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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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Transnational access to PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet within the framework of the European project JERICO-S3
The Setubal Submarine Canyon waters (Sesimbra, Portugal) have been the scene where technicians from the Instituto Hidrográfico da Marinha (IH) and PLOCAN have put into operation an underwater glider from the NRP Andrómeda in order to undertake a four-weeks scientific mission within the framework of the JERICO-S3 project. The activity, called CBONDEX-TNA, is a transnational
Coordination meeting of the SMART COAST 4.0 project for Logistics Efficiency, Security and Protection of Port Infrastructures
The headquarters of the Canary Islands Ocean Platform (PLOCAN) has hosted the coordination meeting of the SMART COAST 4.0 project, led by the company QAISC (Qualitas Artificial Intelligence & Science), which has the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and PLOCAN itself as main partners, and with the support and collaboration of the
Opportunities and capabilities of the ICTS-PLOCAN’s VIMAS facility presented at the CIDIHUB technology webinar.
Within the framework of the CIDIHUB initiative (Center for Digital Innovation of the Canary Islands), and under the coordination of the Canary Islands Technological Institute (ITC), PLOCAN has given a webinar on the “Opportunities, capabilities and services associated with the VIMAS installation (Vehicles, Submarine Instruments and Machines)” which has had extensive assistance, mostly professionals from
Kick off the seasonal ocean-observing glider program 2024 in the Canary Islands
PLOCAN, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) continue to promote and strengthen their collaboration in the ocean-observing strategy in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program based on glider missions at the Time-Series station ESTOC (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory) and Deep Radial
PLOCAN showcases its educational initiatives at the 2nd STEAM Conference
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands took part in the 2nd STEAM Conference held at the Teachers’ Centre in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria under the title “With the Future Present”. During the event, PLOCAN presented the educational initiatives it is developing at different educational levels to the island’s teaching staff. At its interactive
Construction of the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) prototype to be tested at PLOCAN begins
The Austrian company AGRU and the Hidramar shipyard in the port of Las Palmas have started the construction of a prototype that will advance Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology in regions prone to severe weather conditions, which will be tested at the PLOCAN test site. The structure, which consists of a cylindrical hull, a
PLOCAN at Oceanology International 2024
ICTS-PLOCAN has actively joined the XXVI edition of Oceanology International (Oi24) held in London as a biannual world reference forum on ocean-observing technologies, a clearly emerging sector in the marine-maritime context and the Blue Economy strategy. As an international leading forum, Oi24 has had a large exhibition of more than 500 stands that for three
AquaWind: Progress and Collaboration at the Mid-Project Meeting
AquaWind, the European innovative project integrating marine renewable energy with aquaculture in the Atlantic basin, has successfully held its mid-project meeting, led by the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society (ACIISI) of the Ministry of Universities, Science, Innovation, and Culture of the Government of the Canary Islands. The aim of AquaWind is
PLOCAN at the closing meeting of the European project GROOM-II
The National Oceanographic Center (NOC) of the United Kingdom headquarters hosted the General Assembly of partners of the EU’s project GROOM-II (Gliders for Research, Ocean Observations and Management: Infrastructure and Innovation) convened by its coordinator, ARMINES, and to which PLOCAN, Spanish national representative, together with the rest of the consortium members (CNRS for France, CSCS
The TechOceanS project validates at PLOCAN facilities cutting-edge European ocean sensors and robotics.
The land-based headquarters and marine test-site facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) host the validation tests of a new generation of European ocean sensors and robotics to improve the measurement of Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) within the framework of the European project Technologies for Ocean Sensing (TechOceanS). Funded with a grant