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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 Spring Access Call 2022 (Closed)
PLOCAN Access Call for the second trimester of 2022 (from April 1st to June 20th 2022) is currently closed. PLOCAN fosters the use of its facilities and services by public research groups and by the private sector, both national and international communities. PLOCAN Access Rules and conditions document establishes the guidelines for users to access
Ports of Tenerife and PLOCAN collaborate to boost offshore wind power in the Canary Islands
The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Consortium for the Design, Construction, Equipment and Operation of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) will work together to accelerate the roadmap for offshore wind and marine energies in the Canary Islands, thus boosting the decarbonization of the blue economy, particularly that related
MARUM tests on a glider an underwater camera prototype for ocean-ecosystem assessment
The University of Bremen’s Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) is undertaking these days at PLOCAN facilities integration and preliminary tests works in both confined and open waters operational scenarios of a novel underwater camera-system prototype on a glider from the PLOCAN fleet, within the framework of the EU-project Mission Atlantic. MARUM’s prototype is an
The iFADO II-Buche Salado joins the Atlantic regatta of educational boats
Students from IES Eusebio Barreto http://centroguapo.blogspot.com/in Los Llanos de Aridane, in partnership with the Oceanic Platform, of the Canary Islands have launched the educational sailing boat called iFADO II-Buche Salado into the sea off Tazacorte, island of La Palma, which has joined the educational boats Atlantic Regatta with a great and promising performance, since three
Students from IES Eusebio Barreto launch an educational sailing boat into the sea in the waters of Tazacorte, west of La Palma
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), together with students from Eusebio Barreto Secondary School in Los Llanos de Aridane, have launched an educational miniboat in the waters west of Tazacorte on the island of La Palma. This initiative, in collaboration with the European iFADO project, is part of the Educational Passages miniboat programme,
PLOCAN collaborates in the CANASAR 2022 plane crash drill
PLOCAN has participated in the plane crash drill organised by the Spanish Air Force, through the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre of the Canary Islands (ARCC), run by the Search and Rescue Service (SAR). The drill was carried out on 1 June in the north of Tenerife and took place in two phases, one on land
Poster by PLOCAN researcher at the first European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Animal Welfare Forum
Nakita Câmara, researcher of the Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias, presented a poster on stress cardiomyopathy in cetaceans at the first European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Animal Welfare Forum, organized by the EAZA and hosted by the Apenheul Primate Park in the Netherlands. Nakita Câmara participates in the Catalina Ruiz 2021 Postdoctoral Research Training
PLOCAN joins the 2022 Annual General Assembly of the European Ocean Observing System
The European Ocean Observing System EuroGOOS, an association of national government agencies, research institutions and private companies committed to operational oceanography in the context of the Intergovernmental Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) held at its headquarters in Brussels and in person, the annual general assembly of members. EuroGOOS represents the European chapter of the Global
Dissemination day of the European project FLOTANT about the development of floating offshore wind technology
The European project FLOTANT about an innovative and low cost floating offshore wind technology, hold a dissemination event at PLOCAN premisses, organisation which coordinates this European project composed of 17 institutions from 8 different countries. FLOTANT has involved more than 130 people during more than 80.000 working hours, designing, modelling, and validating the solutions developed
PLOCAN at FIMAR 2022 to promote the offshore platform and the EDUROVs educational programme
PLOCAN participated in the International Maritime Fair (FIMAR) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with outreach activities to bring its work closer to the public and to promote careers in technology among young people within the framework of EDUROVs, a European educational programme. FIMAR is a leading regional fair for the nautical and marine and