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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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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
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
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
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
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
Validation process of the WATEREYE predictive maintenance project at the PLOCAN test site
The infrastructures of the platform located on PLOCAN’s test site host the final validation process of the European project WATEREYE for predictive maintenance of offshore wind farms. The solutions developed will allow cost reduction and contribute to increasing annual energy production thanks to an innovative monitoring and control system. The final phase of validation comes
The floating wind prototype PivotBuoy is ready to be installed in PLOCAN’s test site
The new marine floating wind turbine prototype, which was designed with the patented technology PivotBuoy®, is prepared to be moored on PLOCAN’s waters at the test site in Gran Canaria. The developer X1 Wind has completed another milestone in the PivotBuoy project because of the installation of the dynamic cable. This is another step further,
The PLOCAN glider fleet supports the eIMPACT project led by ULPGC and CSIC for the study of ocean eddies
The area of Vehicles, Instruments and Submarine Machines (VIMAS) of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands as Unique Scientific-Technical Infrastructure (ICTS-PLOCAN) has started a technical and operational collaboration with the eIMPACT project of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), whose main objective is to
PLOCAN to coordinate Horizon Europe grant for support to changes in the assessment of research and researchers to reward the practice of open science
The European Commission has awarded PLOCAN as coordinator with a European Research Area (ERA) consortium grant in the WIDERA programme The OPUS project (“Open Universal Science”) involves 18 different European partners, covering a wide range of organisations with relevant expertise to this project. Dr Gordon Dalton, Senior Research Fellow at PLOCAN, is coordinator of OPUS.
PLOCAN joins the MIT’s Marine Robotics Summer School
The island of Faial (Azores, Portugal) has hosted the 2022 edition of the Marine Robotics Summer School (MRSS), an initiative jointly organized by the MIT Portugal Program (MPP), LSTS – Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory (FEUP), and the University of Azores, with the participation of AIR Centre; CoLab +ATLANTIC; Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation; School of the