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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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Second annual meeting of the Eurosea project to improve and integrate European ocean observation and forecasting systems
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has participated in the annual meeting of the European consortium Eurosea “Improving and integrating the European Ocean Observing and Forecasting System”, to improve and integrate the European ocean observation systems in a global context, as well as the prediction models, convened at the University of Cádiz. Eurosea
The COOSW project tests a seawater desalination system based on vacuum distillation at PLOCAN
The transnational cooperation project to develop a solution that saves energy and water in coastal facilities through devices that capture ocean energy (COOSW) is testing COOL STEAM technology, a seawater desalination system based on vacuum distillation, at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). COOSW project lead researcher Pedro Arnau, together with Professor Asier
Presentation to stakeholders of the COOSW project on seawater desalination by vacuum distillation
The lead researcher of the transnational cooperation project to develop a solution that saves energy and water in coastal facilities through ocean energy capture devices (COOSW), Pedro Arnau of the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), and Professor Asier Ibeas from the Autonomous University of Barcelona presented the project’s technological advances to stakeholders
The President of the Canary Islands Government visits PLOCAN to discuss the production of green hydrogen from offshore wind energy
The President of the Canary Islands Government, Ángel Víctor Torres, visited the facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), where a project is being developed to produce hydrogen from offshore wind energy, “which will place the Canary Islands at the forefront of research into marine renewable energies”. Accompanied by the Regional Minister
The President of the Canary Islands Government at the Science and Innovation Mini-Fairs, held at PLOCAN
The President of the Canary Islands Government, Ángel Víctor Torres, visited the PLOCAN headquarters in Taliarte on the occasion of the Science and Innovation Mini-Fairs. Together with the Regional Minister of Economy, Knowledge and Employment, Elena Máñez, the Director of the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI), Carlos Navarro, and
ACIISI’s director participates in “The Circularity of the Blue Economy in Macaronesia” meeting taken place in La Palma
The director of the Investigation, Innovation and Information Society Canarian Agency (ACIISI), Carlos Navarro, opened “The Circularity of the Blue Economy in Macaronesia: successful projects and economic diversification opportunities for the outermost regions” meeting organized by ACIISI and PLOCAN in La Palma. The two-day event gave space for successful cases and projects on circular and
PLOCAN participated in the general assembly of the Public-Private Partnership of European Batteries (BEPA)
PLOCAN participated in the general assembly of BEPA, European Public-Private Battery Partnership in which the recommendations for the Horizon Europe calls for 2023-2024 were established, with a 925 million investments, highlighting those aimed at the recycling of batteries, hybrid electricity energy storage solutions to support the grid and charging infrastructures, as well as those aimed
Workshop at PLOCAN on opportunities to boost research excellence in the Canary Islands
The R&D project manager of the Investigation, Innovation and Information Society Canarian Agency (ACIISI), Javier Roo, opened at the facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands a workshop on opportunities to boost research excellence in the Canary Islands. This remote and on-site workshop welcomed Ana Hidalgo, manager at both the Spanish Council for
PLOCAN at the event “Offshore Wind in Canaries, an opportunity for growth”
Photo Source: canariasdiario.com The Port Authority of Tenerife together with the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) joined, in the Auditorium of the Spanish Oceanographic Institute of Tenerife, an extensive representation of the key actors of the offshore wind sector, including PLOCAN. The event was opened by Tomás Romagosa, Technical Director of AEE, Carlos González, President
PLOCAN at the II Technology Forum of the European Ocean Observing System
PLOCAN has joined the II European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) Technology Forum, organized by EuroGOOS, European agent of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), with support and collaboration by the European projects MINKE and EuroSea (both from the Horizon 2020 Program) and endorsed as United Nations (UN) Ocean Decade activity. Technology forums such as EOOS