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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 hosts the OceanNETs 2021 study: making the ocean an ally in climate protection
The German institute GEOMAR (Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel) has started this year’s field experiment at Taliarte harbour, in Gran Canaria, which investigates a possible solution for the long-term removal of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. More than 50 scientists from six nations led by GEOMAR will investigate, in the next
PLOCAN collaborates in the first data analytics competition on the destination of Gran Canaria
PLOCAN collaborates in the first tourist data analytics competition on the destination of Gran Canaria, launched by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, through the Society for the Economic Promotion of Gran Canaria (SPEGC), with the participation of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). The Datathon will be held from September 17th to
PLOCAN in a panel on opportunities for the blue economy in the Canary Islands at the Oceans Conference
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) will participate in the next edition of the Oceans Conference (OCEANS IEEE 2021) that will be held simultaneously in San Diego, United States, and Porto, Portugal, and that will have a specific panel dedicated to the opportunities of the blue economy in the Canary Islands organized by
Senegalese researcher begins a research stay at PLOCAN sponsored by the ‘Ellas Investigan’ program of the Women for Africa Foundation
Dr. Lala Kounta will stay for six months at the facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands and will develop a research project on the impact of heat waves of the west coast of Africa on marine ecosystems sponsored by the ‘Ellas Investigan’ program of the Women for Africa Foundation. Lala Kounta has
PLOCAN organises the 1st Virtual Workshop EuroSea – Network of Autonomous Surface Vehicles
PLOCAN organises the virtual Workshop on the Autonomous Surface Vehicle Network (ASV), which will be held on October 5th and 6th, within the framework of the EuroSea project, funded by the Horizon 2020 program. EuroSea is aiming to better use existing capacities in the European marine in-situ observing system, to fill existing gaps and to
The delegation of the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Las Palmas de GC visits PLOCAN
The delegation of the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which was composed of the Consul General Keunseok Jeon, the Consul for Fisheries Changhee Lee and Kilsun Kim, advisor to the Consulate, has visited the onshore facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands to learn about the
Seasonal ocean observation glider program at the Station for Time-Series in the Ocean of the Canary Islands
PLOCAN and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) through its unit SITMA (Integrated Marine Technology Service) continue to promote and strengthen their collaborative framework in ocean observation in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program of glider missions at the Station of ESTOC Time Series (deep node of the Integrated Observatory of
Call for employment: senior technician for Economic-Administrative Area – Contract for work / service
It is a temporary employment contract associated with the management of projects in progress and the economic – administrative management of the users who access the facilities of PLOCAN for those projects and accesses that end during the first half of 2024. The need is justified due to the high ratio of projects and grants
U.S. Commercial Service organises a webinar on opportunities for the Blue Economy in the Canary Islands
The U.S. Commercial Service in collaboration with the Marine Technology Society (MTS) has organized a webinar on the opportunities of the Blue Economy in the Canary Islands in which the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), the Foreign Promotion society of the Canary Islands (PROEXCA) and the Maritime Cluster of the Canary Islands will
European FLOTANT project, coordinated by PLOCAN, is tested in the offshore basin of MARIN
The European FLOTANT project coordinated by PLOCAN, which aims to develop an innovative and low-cost floating offshore wind technology, optimised for deep water (100m-600m) and to sustain a 10+MW wind turbine generator, has recently concluded the validation model tests in the offshore basin of MARIN, Dutch research institute for the maritime industry and project partner.