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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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X1 Wind selected in the last round of funding in the pilot phase of the European Innovation Council Accelerator
X1 Wind, which leads the project of the offshore wind floating platform PivotBuoy and that will test a part-scale prototype with a Vestas V29 turbine in real floating conditions at PLOCAN’s Test Site in the Canary Islands, has been selected in the last round of funding in the pilot phase of the European Innovation Council
PLOCAN will supervise the management of six Joint Atlantic research and innovation Actions of the AANChOR project
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands will supervise the implementation and management of six Joint Atlantic Actions within the framework of the AANChOR project, which objective is to promote the implementation of the South Atlantic Research and Innovation Flagship initiative and the Belém Statement (BS), signed by the EU, Brazil and South Africa in
PLOCAN in EU project focused on solutions for the reduction and mitigation of underwater noise from shipping
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) participates in the EU SATURN project, which is focused on the reduction and mitigation of underwater noise from shipping that threatens marine life. PLOCAN is in charge of developing a Virtual Research Environment that collects and allows external users to access to the progress and to the
PivotBuoy structure successfully arrived at Las Palmas
Twenty months after the beginning of the PivotBuoy project, the pieces of the part-scale floating wind platform arrived to its final destination, Gran Canaria, and the prototype is one step closer towards its final goal: being operative in PLOCAN open ocean Test Site. The manufacturing phase was completed successfully by DEGIMA, in Santander. The structure
PLOCAN in the virtual All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum
PLOCAN will attend the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum, taking place virtually via South Africa from 3 to 4 December 2020 as partner of the All Atlantic Cooperation for Ocean Research and Innovation (AANChOR) project, which promotes the implementation of the South Atlantic Research and Innovation Flagship initiative and the Belém Statement (BS), signed by the
PLOCAN in MAESHA H2020 project for the decarbonisation of EU islands
PLOCAN participates as partner in the European project “Demonstration of smart and flexible solutions for a decarbonised energy future in Mayotte and other European islands” (MAESHA) which objective is to decrease the high dependency on imported fossil fuels of the 2400 islands within the European Union and the resulting high energy cost, considering renewable energies
PLOCAN participates in the Macaronesia’s Researchers’ Night
MacaroNight has celebrated the European Researchers’ Night in the Macaronesia. In this annual event, research centers, universities and scientific associations from all over Europe organise different free activities that try to bring the work of researchers closer to the public. During workshops, conferences, and other audiovisual activities, the importance of research in our daily life
PLOCAN will join the Spanish consortium of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS)
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands will join the Spanish consortium of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) next year. This research infrastructure, which is funded by European countries, measures greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide across the European continent and the adjacent oceans. Measuring greenhouse gases is important, since excessive amounts of these
EnerOcean’s W2Power floating wind technology tested on PLOCAN’s Test Site awarded with the “Atlantic Project Awards 2020”
EnerOcean’s W2Power floating wind technology demonstration project has been awarded with the prestigious “Atlantic Project Awards 2020”. The “Wind Integrated Platform for 10+ MW” project has been funded by the European initiative H2020 DemoWind. The project has been coordinated by EnerOcean (Spain), with the participation of INGETEAM (Spain), GHENOVA (Spain) and Tension Technology International (UK).
PLOCAN participates in the Science & Innovation Mini Fairs of the Government of the Canary Islands
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands participates in the Science & Innovation Mini Fairs of the Government of the Canary Islands with an educational marine robotics remote operation activity inspired by the Marine Robotics Educational initiative (EDUROVs). The Mini Fairs of Science and Innovation have been conceived as a point of dissemination and demonstration