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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

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PARTNERS OF THE iFADO PROJECT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PARTNERS OF THE iFADO PROJECT

The fourth General Assembly of partners of the European iFADO (Innovation in the Framework of the Atlantic Deep Ocean) Project, designed mainly to detect and cover the gaps in existing observation in the framework of the Atlantic Deep Ocean, was held in the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), in Southampton, UK. Under the co-ordination of the

10/04/2019 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN awarded with the Navigare Mare 2019 prize

PLOCAN awarded with the Navigare Mare 2019 prize

The Canary Island Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) has been awarded the Navigare Mare 2019 prize in the V Excellens Mare Prizes 2019, granted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (pwc) to acknowledge the merit and excellence of entities and people who do an outstanding job in the sustainable development of marine maritime activities. The reason for awarding the prize to

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The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute and PLOCAN cooperate in ocean observation in the Macaronesian Region

The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute and PLOCAN cooperate in ocean observation in the Macaronesian Region

The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute and PLOCAN launched the Seaglider-1K in the Nazaré Submarine Canyon from the ship NRP Auriga in order to carry out a scientific-technical mission between Portugal and Gran Canaria, separated approximately by 1500 kilometres. The device will be collected in Gran Canaria, after two months of continuous and autonomous navigation. This glider

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PLOCAN contributes to the Paris Declaration on All-Atlantic Ocean Observing

PLOCAN contributes to the Paris Declaration on All-Atlantic Ocean Observing

PLOCAN participated in the First International AtlantOS Symposium, which supports an All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System. Furthermore, it has highlighted the end of AtlantOS project in order to start the UN (United Nations) strategy ‘Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development’ (2021-2030), including the Paris Declaration on All-Atlantic Ocean Observing. The First International AtlantOS Symposium has

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Conference on the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands within the ‘Energía Mayor’ initiative

Conference on the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands within the ‘Energía Mayor’ initiative

The director of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands, Octavio Llinás, gave a conference on PLOCAN within the ‘Energía Mayor’ initiative, which promotes the scientific dissemination between elderly people, celebrated in the National Museum of Natural Sciences. During the conference, the director of PLOCAN explained in detail the facilities, services and current projects of

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ELICAN project implementation led by ESTEYCO

ELICAN project implementation led by ESTEYCO

Carlos García Acón, Managing Director of ESTEYCO, presented the implementation of the marine wind turbine prototype Mario Luis Romero Torrent of the ELICAN project located in PLOCAN’s Test Site using the underwater electricity grid (REDSUB). This prototype is the first in Spain and in the south of Europe with a fixed foundation. Furthermore, it is

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Final General Assembly of the SE@PORTS project

Final General Assembly of the SE@PORTS project

PLOCAN participated in the Final General Assembly of the SE@PORTS project held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto on 21st March. This project intends to demonstrate the high potential of seaports breakwaters for the integration of wave energy converters ( WECs) in sea ports.

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Presentation of The Blue Growth pilot project in Praia, Cape Verde

Presentation of The Blue Growth pilot project in Praia, Cape Verde

The Blue Growth pilot project executed by PLOCAN within the framework of the RIS3_Net project was presented in Praia, Cape Verde, during the training workshops on Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3). The workshops took place on 20-21 March in the facilities of the Núcleo Operacional da Sociedade de Informação (NOSi), which participates in the project as

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R3M maintenance and improvement activities in Madeira within the framework of the ECOMARPORT project

R3M maintenance and improvement activities in Madeira within the framework of the ECOMARPORT project

Technical staff from PLOCAN, within the framework of the ECOMARPORT project, executed technical tasks of maintenance and installation of new devices for autonomous monitoring of oceanographic parameters included in the Macaronesian Marine and Maritime Observation Network (R3M), specifically in the station 706 located in the facilities of the Funchal Sports Port and in the station

15/03/2019 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN participates in the II Civil Engineering and Geomatics Workshop organised by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

PLOCAN participates in the II Civil Engineering and Geomatics Workshop organised by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

PLOCAN participated with the presentation “Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands: Design, construction, equipment and operation” in the II Civil Engineering and Geomatics Workshop organised by the School of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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