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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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First pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) tagged in southern Madeira with a commercial satellite tag in the framework of the INTERTAGUA project
A team of marine mammal biologists from the Interactive Aquatic Interfaces Project for the Detection and Visualization of Atlantic Marine Megafauna and Vessels in Macaronesia using Radio Tags (INTERTAGUA) has placed a commercial satellite tag on the fin of a pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus ) in the southern waters of Madeira. This satellite tracking tag,
Blue-GIFT presented at the Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference
Blue-GIFT will be presented at the Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Virtual Conference on 19 November 2020, at Session: 3 Marine Renewable Energy by speakers Nicolas Wallet, EMEC at 14:30 – 15:15 (CET): “Innovative solutions to boost the use of marine renewable energies” and Marlène Kiersnowski, Energie de la Lune/SEENEOH, at 15:15 – 16:00 (CET): “Renewable Marine Energies
PLOCAN in EU-Horizon 2020 TechOceanS project, launched to revolutionise ocean observations and measurements
The EU-Horizon 2020 TechOceanS project gathers international ocean technology experts from Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom in order to develop a range of new in-situ sensing, imaging and sampling autonomous technologies that will improve our understanding of the chemistry and biology of the oceans. PLOCAN, as a project partner,
Webinar on “Progress in cost-effective wave energy harvesting for isolated systems and islands” available on Youtube
PLOCAN organised a webinar on “Progress in cost-effective wave energy harvesting for isolated systems and islands” with the participation of the CEO of WEDGE Global and president of the Marine Section of the Association of Renewable Energy Companies (APPA Marina), Francisco García, the CEO of Ocean Energy Europe, Rémi Gruet, and the CEO of Wavepiston,
The General Directorate of the Merchant Marine admits the first registration of an unmanned autonomous vessel in Spain
The General Directorate of the Merchant Marine (DGMM) admits the first registration of an unmanned autonomous vessel in Spain, the PLOCAN THREE, which has been developed by the Spanish company UTEK. The registration process has been carried out through the Maritime Captaincy of Las Palmas in order to be operated in accordance with the DGMM
Marine robotics for ocean ecosystems in the Atlantic Basin: The MISSION ATLANTIC Project
International ocean experts from Europe, Brazil, South Africa, Canada and USA have joined forces to map and assess the current and future risks from climate change, natural hazards and human activities to Atlantic ecosystems for the next five years. Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, MISSION ATLANTIC will be the first initiative to
Seasonal glider ocean-observation program in the Canary Islands: ESTOC-RAPROCAN
PLOCAN and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) continue to promote and strengthen their collaborative framework in ocean observation in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program of glider missions at the ESTOC Time Series Station (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory) and the Radial RAPROCAN Radial project, managed by PLOCAN and the IEO
PLOCAN participates in the EU-funded AtlantECO project to explore the Atlantic Ocean from pole to pole
PLOCAN participates in AtlantECO, an ambitious research project funded by the European Union to explore the Atlantic Ocean from pole to pole. The project will map new and existing knowledge about the microscopic organisms that inhabit rivers, coastal waters, the open ocean, marine sediments and the atmosphere, as well as those found on plastic litter.
PLOCAN webinar on wave energy harvesting for isolated systems and islands
PLOCAN is organising a webinar on “Progress in cost-effective wave energy harvesting for isolated systems and islands” with the participation of the CEO of WEDGE Global and president of the Marine Section of the Association of Renewable Energy Companies (APPA Marina), Francisco García, the CEO of Ocean Energy Europe, Rémi Gruet, and the CEO of
Testing of RWPower’s seawater pumping device successfully resumed at PLOCAN’s test site
On October 1st, 2020, the deployment of a seawater pumping prototype powered by wave energy and developed by the Norwegian company RWPower, was performed again at the PLOCAN test site (Canary Islands, Spain). This action receives funding from the European Commission through the BLUEGIFT project within the Interreg Atlantic Area program, and will have an