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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 organises webinar to promote the integration of marine renewables into hydrogen generation
PLOCAN has organised the webinar ‘Renewable hydrogen generation – Offshore opportunities’, in which the main players in the sector have addressed the generation of renewable hydrogen and the integration of marine renewables into this sector which is consolidated as one of the future bets in order to achieve the objectives of the European Union for
PLOCAN participates in the Science and Innovation Miniferias of the Canary Islands
PLOCAN has participated in the Science Miniferias to bring the scientific and innovative knowledge to students by giving an online workshop on marine robotics with recycled material for Primary Education students within the framework of the EDUROVs initiative. During a week, the activity, which consisted of building small boats from a template with empty Tetra
PLOCAN hosts the final meeting of the “PrimROV: sea, science and robotics in Primary Education” project
More than two hundred students have participated online in the final meeting of “PrimROV: sea, science and robotics in Primary Education” at the facilities of PLOCAN testing the robotic ships that they have built during the course. Twenty students were able to attend the face-to-face session. The “PrimROV: sea, science and robotics in Primary Education”
PLOCAN in the floating offshore wind energy session in the VI Spanish Wind Energy Congress
The director of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands, José Joaquín Hernández Brito, has participated in the technical session ‘The floating offshore wind energy, the integration of the national supply chain’ held during the VI Spanish Wind Energy Congress, organized by the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) with the aim of discussing the current
27 requests for access to services and facilities of PLOCAN approved in 2020
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) approved 27 requests for access to services and facilities in 2020, which include the Oceanic Platform, the Oceanic Observatory, the Test Site facilities (access managed through MARHIS distributed research infrastructure), operations with the VIMAS fleet (Underwater Vehicles, Instruments and Machines) and the onshore facilities. The demand for
Students from CIVITAS prepare educational sailing boat to cross the Atlantic
Students from the Special Education Centre of the CIVITAS Association have collaborated in the preparation of a small sailing boat destined to cross the Atlantic from east to west pushed by the trade winds as part of the Educational Passages educational program, which brings the ocean to the classroom in collaboration with the European projects
Students from the Centro Sopeña test their prototypes in the pools of PLOCAN
Students from the Centro Sopeña of Las Palmas have tested their underwater robots (ROVs) at the facilities of PLOCAN within the framework of EDUROVs, a low-cost educational robotics project that PLOCAN develops with the support of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, and the Fundación “la Caixa” and CaixaBank . The students built the ROVs at
PLOCAN joined the GOOS-Africa conference on Operational Oceanography
The Global Ocean Observing System’s Regional Alliance for Africa (GOOS-Africa) in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Sub-Commission for Africa (IOC-AFRICA), both focussed on ocean observation system in Africa and the adjacent islands, conducted a webinar on June 8, 2021 (World Ocean Day) to reflect on current operational oceanography status in Africa and identify further key
Deputies of the Study Commission on the European Union Scenario 2021-2027 of the Parliament of the Canary Islands visit PLOCAN
Members of the Study Commission on the European Union Scenario for 2021-2027 of the Parliament of the Canary Islands have visited the onshore facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) with the aim of addressing the challenges and Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations for 2030 and the Decade of Ocean
EMSO Time Series Conference 2021 “Observing Ocean Sound” at PLOCAN
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands will host the first edition of the EMSO Time Series Conference 2021 “Observing Ocean Sound”, which will be held in hybrid mode from 20-22 October 2021. Its objective is to inform and train the ocean science community on the latest advancements in detecting and monitoring underwater sound for