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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 leads SECURE European project to improve research and attract talent
PLOCAN leads the European project SECURE (Sustainable Careers for Researcher Empowerment) to improve research careers and reduce job insecurity, creating conditions that allow attracting, retaining and stimulating talent growth. Secure is a consortium of 19 European partners from 12 different countries that will develop coordination and support measures to create, trial, implement, and mainstream a
PLOCAN collaborates with the Air and Space Army in a maritime accident drill
PLOCAN took part in the maritime accident drill organised by the Canary Islands Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) and the 802 Squadron of the Air Force’s 46th Wing 55 miles northeast of the island of Gran Canaria. For the simulation, a PLOCAN buoy with a positioning beacon was attached to a figurehead and set adrift
PLOCAN participates in the celebration of the start of Ocean Citizen project
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands participated in Tenerife in the Kick-off meeting of the European project Ocean Citizen, for the advanced restoration of the marine environment combining environmental perspective with social commitment and clear economic benefits for local communities, and which seeks to have continuity beyond the useful life of the project. Twenty-two
PLOCAN at the SBEP launch session in Rome
European Commission and public-private partnership create the European Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership The European Blue Economy Sustainable Association (EBESA) has begun its activities in Rome, with the goal of uniting efforts and resources to promote sustainable blue economy in Europe. The association, coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research, includes a network of
Meeting at the Port Authority of Vigo of the partners of the European Bluefishing Training project on the competitiveness of extractive fishing.
BLUEFISHING TRAINING is a project funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEu with 279.669,49€ through the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and is constituted by five partners at national level: Port Authority of Vigo, Vigo Shipowners Cooperative, ICSEM, University of Vigo and PLOCAN. This project aims to promote innovative approaches to strengthen sectorial cooperation
X1 Wind installs floating platform in the PLOCAN test site
X1 Wind and its partners in the EU-backed PivotBuoy project have successfully installed a floating platform in the PLOCAN test site. The fully functional floating wind prototype was connected to the mooring system and the dynamic cable pre-installed last June. X1 Wind operations manager Jorge Casanovas said that operations will soon commence to collect valuable
XII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School
The XII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School brought together students from India, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Iran, Greece, Brazil and Spain, as well as the leading manufacturers of the current commercial and operational underwater glider technologies, keeping its commitment as an international benchmark for high-level training in this type of ocean observation
Visit of the Regional Ministers for Ecological Transition of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands to PLOCAN
The Canary Islands Regional Minister for Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Land Planning, José Antonio Valbuena, and the Balearic Islands Regional Minister for Energy Transition, Productive Sectors and Democratic Memory, Juan Pedro Yllanes, visited the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands offshore infrastructure located in the test site of this unique scientific and
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
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