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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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The WATEREYE project tests a wireless communications system in the ELICAN prototype in the Canary Islands
The EU-funded WATEREYE project, committed to the development of a sensor and monitoring system composed of low-cost intelligent sensors, based on ultrasonic technology, which allow to measure the thickness of the structures and their loss of material due to corrosion, has successfully tested a wireless communications system in the Esteyco’s prototype ELICAN, installed on the
Universities, R+D+I and the Government of the Canary Islands united in preserving the oceans
Universities, R+D+I actors for the conservation, recovery and sustainable use of the oceans, together with the Government of the Canary Islands, expressed their ties of union and the existing synergies during the commemoration of World Oceans Day under the slogan ‘The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods’. The event took place at the Poema del Mar aquarium
Industrialists and businessmen of Gran Canaria address collaboration in renewables with PLOCAN
Representatives and businessmen of industrial parks of Gran Canaria have visited the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands to address the synergies that can be established between the industrial parks of the island and the ICTS in relation to the renewable energy sector. During the meeting, the implementation of the ‘El Goro Eco-Industrial Park (Solar
PLOCAN collaborates with the Spanish Navy in the maritime security exercise MARSEC 2021
The Spanish Navy organized a safety and rescue training with the Deputy Directorate of Customs Surveillance (DAVA), Maritime Rescue and with the collaboration of PLOCAN, on May 28th, on the coast of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, in Gran Canaria. The objective of this type of training is to practice the coordination between the different institutions
PLOCAN collaborates with the RCC of the Canary Islands in the drill of an aircraft accident in Lanzarote, CANASAR 2021
Within the framework of the annual training carried out by the SAR Coordinating Centre (RCC Canary Islands) of the Air Force, the CANASAR 2021 exercise was carried out on the island of Lanzarote on May 26th, scrupulously complying with the COVID-19 prevention protocols. The drill, in which numerous institutions participated and in which PLOCAN has
PLOCAN at the Annual General Assembly of the European Ocean Observing System, EuroGOOS
The European Ocean Observing System EuroGOOS has held online its annual assembly of members from May 26th to May 28th. EuroGOOS is an association of national governmental agencies, research organizations, and private companies, committed to oceanography within the context of the intergovernmental Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). EuroGOOS is one of the UNESCO-IOC Global Ocean
Conference on Research and Innovation for a Sustainable Atlantic Ocean in Azores
PLOCAN is going to participate in the All-Atlantic2021 – All-Atlantic Research & Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean: Ministerial High-Level & Stakeholders Conference, aiming to strengthen Research & Innovation cooperation across and along the Atlantic Ocean, from the North Pole (Arctic) to the South Pole (Antarctica). The event will be held in Ponta Delgada (Azores, Portugal)
PLOCAN at the Vocations Fair to promote qualified employment linked to the Blue Economy
PLOCAN has participated in the roundtable “The training and employability in the Blue Economy of the Canary Islands to debate” that analysed the training needs and the generation of employment for the next years within the sector, which was organised within the framework of the 1st Fair of the Promotion of Vocations in the Blue
EuroSea and EUMarineRobots validate the scientific sailboat Sailbuoy with the help of the trade winds
The mission SAILBUOY 2021_1 has been developed at the Test Site of PLOCAN and at the extended node of its integrated observatory during the first half of May, coinciding with intense trade winds in the Canary Islands, providing suitable wind conditions to undertake tests of marine technologies in a real operational scenario. The activity consisted
PLOCAN at the Conference on Unmanned Systems for the Naval and Offshore Sector in Cádiz
The Naval Maritime Cluster of Cádiz and the Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies, with the collaboration of the Diputación de Cádiz (provincial government) and the companies Navantia, Ghenova, Surcontrol, Abance, Ferri and PiroDrone, have organised a technical conference on technologies and applications of Unmanned Systems in the Naval and Offshore Sector. PLOCAN has contributed as