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PLOCAN announces the XIII Glider School edition

PLOCAN announces the XIII Glider School edition

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands -PLOCAN- announces the 13th Glider School edition, a leading hands-on training forum on ocean-glider technologies, scheduled for October 23rd to 27th 2023 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

READ ARTICLE 16/03/2023

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X1 Wind installs floating platform in the PLOCAN test site

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

28/10/2022 READ ARTICLE
XII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

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

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Visit of the Regional Ministers for Ecological Transition of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands to PLOCAN

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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