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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 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
Presentation on PLOCAN at the Portugal e o Mar Conference organised by Ordem dos Engenheiros
PLOCAN participated in the Portugal e o Mar Conference, organised by the Ordem dos Engenheiros at the Madeira Congress Centre, with the aim of highlighting the role of engineering in the ocean, emphasising the role of maritime transport, ports, and energy, without forgetting conservation, knowledge and adaptation to climate change, and the great contribution of
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
Students from Garoé Secondary School, El Hierro, launch a new educational miniboat as part of the iFADO project
Students from IES Garoé, in Valverde, have launched an educational miniboat of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) in the waters south of La Restinga, El Hierro. The boat will cross the Atlantic Ocean in the framework of the iFADO project of the Interreg Altantic Area programme and the international Educational Passages programme.
Ciencia Show 2023 invites PLOCAN on its tour of several Canary Islands.
The project “Science Show” of scientific education through the performing arts that promotes scientific and technological vocations among the young people of ESO, Baccalaureate and FP through humorous monologues with scientific content, has invited PLOCAN on the occasion of its tour of several islands of Canary Islands. Ciencia Show is in its initial phase where
Students from Eusebio Barreto Secondary School, La Palma, launch Buche Salado II, an educational miniboat that will cross the Atlantic Ocean
Students from Garoé Secondary School, El Hierro, also took part. Their boat, El Hierro-Mar, Salitre y Lava, will be launched in the next few days. With Buche Salado II, a total of 190 small sailing boats have now been launched under the international Educational Passages programme. Students from the Eusebio Barreto Secondary School, Los Llanos
Marine Power Systems, focused on offshore wind, interested in demonstrating its pre-commercial prototypes in the future potential test site south of PLOCAN
The British marine renewable energy development firm Marine Power Systems has selected the possible future southern test site of the Canary Islands Oceanic Platform, in the southeast of the island, to test its flexible offshore floating wind prototype, PelaFlex. The director of PLOCAN, José Joaquín Hernández Brito, and Gareth Stockman, representing Marine Power Systems have
PLOCAN training sessions on Renewable Energies and Green Hydrogen production in Madeira
Technicians from the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) travelled to the island of Madeira to give training sessions to the island’s teachers and students on Renewable Energies and Green Hydrogen production within the framework of the RIS3_Net2 project. This project aims to bring the Macaronesian society and its professionals closer to the knowledge
Annual meeting of the JERICO-S3 project for the creation of a European Infrastructure that will coordinate the coastal observatories.
The Canary Islands Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) has participated in the annual meeting of the European consortium JERICO-S3 “Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories: Science, Service, Sustainability”, whose objective is to strengthen the current European network of coastal observatories through the creation of a European structured research infrastructure (JERICO-RI). JERICO-S3 JERICO-S3 is a European project
PLOCAN meets with companies and entities to analyse options for the implementation of a hyperbaric chamber on La Palma
The director of PLOCAN, José Joaquín Hernández Brito, took part in a meeting in Los Llanos de Aridane on the opportunity to install a hyperbaric chamber in La Palma, which concluded that it is important for the professional, tourism and sports sectors, and that it will bring benefits to the island by increasing tourism and