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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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DG MARE incorporates PLOCAN into “Sustainable Ports” of the European Ports Forum
The Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE) has incorporated the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands into the subgroup “Ports as hubs for a sustainable blue economy”, integrated into the group of experts of the European Ports Forum Commission. In the initial meeting of the group “Ports as hubs
A glider of PLOCAN on a scientific ocean observation mission led by the IEO in Finisterre
An autonomous submarine glider of the fleet of PLOCAN has been put into operation in the waters of A Coruña to monitor the waters of Finisterre for a month within the framework of a scientific mission of ocean observation led by the researcher Manuel Ruiz-Villareal of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) in A Coruña,
Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Socioeconomic Activities of PLOCAN
The director of PLOCAN has presented the general lines of the strategic plan for the period 21-24 to the advisory committee of socioeconomic activities (CASE). During the meeting, held by videoconference, the role of PLOCAN in fostering the blue economy and in the recovery of the Canarian economy was highlighted. The CASE is a consultative
ULPGC-PLOCAN glider seasonal mission to the Station for Time-Series in the Ocean of the Canary Islands
The Integrated Marine Technology Service (SITMA) of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Area of Autonomous Marine Vehicles of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands have put into operation a Slocum G2 glider in order to develop a mission in the waters of the north of Gran Canaria for scientific-technical
INTERTAGUA project deploys antennas in Madeira for radio transmission prototype tags
Our engineers from the INTERTAGUA project have completed the installation of four radio transmitting receiving antennas on the south coast of Madeira that will allow the testing of our LORA tags prototypes in the sea. INTERTAGUA aim is to research, develop and test innovative technologies to promote the social and economic potential of the Macaronesian
PLOCAN installs high-tech marine observation cameras in the Northeast of Gran Canaria
The companies QUALITAS and QAISC (start-up of artificial intelligence solutions for the blue economy) have presented to members of the scientific-technical team of PLOCAN a high-performance camera system from Hikvision recently acquired by the consortium and already in operation in various locations on the Northeast coast of Gran Canaria. The new equipment, mainly intended for
Sara Aagesen announces in PLOCAN 470 million to deploy sustainable energies in the Canary Islands
The secretary of State for Energy of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) Sara Aagesen has announced the investment of 470 million euros for the development of sustainable energy projects in the Canary Islands during her visit to the onshore facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN),
PLOCAN convenes the XI edition of the Glider School between October 25th and 29th
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), on the path to the normalization of all its activities after the Covid-19 pandemic, convenes the XI edition of the Glider School, a reference training forum in marine glider technology, which will take place at the facilities of PLOCAN in Taliarte, from October 25th to 29th, 2021.
PLOCAN appreciates the excellent and helpful collaboration of the Air Force in its activities
The director of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), José Joaquín Hernández Brito, thanked the Air Force for its excellent and profitable collaboration in the activities of the Consortium in the presence of the delegate of the Government of the Canary Islands, Anselmo Pestana Padrón, of the Chief of Air Command of the
CEO of PLOCAN presents the ICTS to the Centre for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works
The CEO of PLOCAN, José Joaquín Hernández Brito, presented the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands during the conference ‘PLOCAN, ICTS to accelerate technologies, business models and regulation in emerging sectors of the Blue Economy’ to the technical staff of the Centre for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works (CEDEX). The objective of the conference