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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 participates in the General Assembly of GROOM II for the creation of a European Infrastructure for autonomous marine vehicles
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has participated in the general assembly of the European consortium GROOM II “Gliders for Research, Ocean Observations and Management: Infrastructure and Innovation” for the creation of a European Infrastructure for autonomous marine vehicles. GROOM II is a European project of the H2020 call with a duration of
Students of the IES Garoé in El Hierro launch an educational sailing boat into the sea to study its journey across the Atlantic Ocean
Students from the IES Garoe on the island of El Hierro have launched the educational sailing boat Canarias V – iFADO into the sea, aiming that it would cross the Atlantic from east to west pushed by the trade winds. The activity runs within the framework of the Educational Passages training program which brings marine
Ocean Oasis will test a floating desalination plant with wave energy in test site of PLOCAN
The Norwegian company Ocean Oasis will test a wave-powered floating desalination plant in the test site of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). The solution proposed by Ocean Oasis allows the production of fresh water in ocean waters by using a technology that captures the energy of the waves to carry out a
PLOCAN launches new mission with an unmanned surface vehicle to monitor changes in the waters near the volcano on La Palma
An autonomous wave glider surface vehicle from the fleet of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands was deployed today in the waters near the port of Tazacorte, on the west of La Palma, to further observe and monitor the impact of the volcano on the waters and marine ecosystems. The wave glider is equipped
PLOCAN in the ILIAD Consortium to develop a Digital Twin of the Ocean
The European Union (EU) has granted the ILIAD Consortium, in which the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a partner, €17 million to develop and launch a Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) that will provide highly accurate predictions of the future evolution of the world’s oceans. The ILIAD project, comprising 56 partners
EGIM recovered after nearly three months operation off La Palma Island’s volcanic eruption
On the 21st of January 2022 PLOCAN observatory’s team recovered the EGIM, deployed in 500m depth last October in waters off the volcanic eruption of La Palma island, with the support of Research Vessel IEO Angeles Alvariño. PLOCAN is a member of EMSO ERIC (European Multidiciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory) and in charge of
PLOCAN’s autonomous marine vehicles clock up 138 days of operation on scientific, technical and training missions in 2021
The fleet of autonomous marine vehicles of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) carried out numerous scientific, technical and training missions last year: 138 days of operation at sea, covering a total of 3,000 nautical miles, including deployment in the waters off La Palma and along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
PLOCAN renews its quality certification
PLOCAN has renewed its integrated management system certification according to the UNE-EN ISO 9001: 2015 standard and has maintained its certification in the ISO 14001: 2015 and ISO 45001: 2018 standards. ISO standards are support tools to achieve a sustainable development in organizations and meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs were promoted by
The Ministry of Science and Innovation and PLOCAN renew the EMSO-ERIC participation agreement
The Ministry of Science and Innovation and PLOCAN have renewed the agreement for Spain’s participation in the EMSO-ERIC European Research Infrastructure Consortium, dedicated to European multidisciplinary deep-sea research. The research work undertaken in connection with EMSO-ERIC provides real-time and long-term data for monitoring threats such as climate change, resource sustainability and habitat destruction. EMSO infrastructure,
EMSO co-organized the 1st ENVRI-FAIR Innovation workshop
The Consortium of European Research Infrastructures EMSO-ERIC, dedicated to European multidisciplinary research on the seabed, and in which PLOCAN participates, has organized together with ENVRI-FAIR WP3, a workshop on how to exploit the innovation potential of infrastructures Environmental Research (ENVRI). EMSO ERIC, a beneficiary of the ENVRI-FAIR project and an active member of the ENVRI