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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 installs a laboratory to study the behaviour of materials in the sea
PLOCAN expands its portfolio of services by installing 0.5 to research and study of materials on marine environment, which was designed and manufactures under the European project FLOTANT which aims to develop an innovative and low-cost floating offshore wind technology, optimised for deep water (100m-600m) and to sustain a 10+MW wind turbine generator. With Harshlab
Webinar on “Floating wind energy tested in the Canary Islands” available on Youtube
PLOCAN organised a webinar on “Floating wind energy tested in the Canary Islands” with the participation of the CEO and co-founder of X1Wind, Alex Raventós, the technical director of the Spanish Wind Energy Association and responsible for the AEE Offshore Wind Working Group, Tomás Romagosa, and the director of the Functional Area of Industry and
The Wave to Energy and Water project consortium signs an agreement to test a wave energy prototype on the PLOCAN test site
The Wave to Energy and Water (W2EW) project is undertaken by a consortium of partners – Vryhof Anchors, Fiellberg, Energia Mediterranea and Wavepiston – with the support of the European Union’s Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) programme. The consortium has signed an agreement with PLOCAN to test a combined solution for power generation and water
PivotBuoy project has its video-animation
This week the video-animation of the project was posted. The video explains the goals of the project and how the prototype will work. We can remember that PivotBuoy proposes an innovative mooring and orientation system that will be integrated into a floating platform to generate offshore wind energy. With the intention to evaluate the system
Webinar on floating wind energy
PLOCAN is organising a webinar on “Floating wind energy tested in the Canary Islands” with the participation of the CEO and co-founder of X1Wind, Alex Raventós, the technical director of the Spanish Wind Energy Association and responsible for the AEE Offshore Wind Working Group, Tomás Romagosa, and the director of the Functional Area of Industry
Engineers from the European INTERTAGUA project assemble new prototypes of marine fauna monitoring marks
A team of engineers from the Interactive Aquatic Interfaces Project for the Detection and Visualization of Mega Atlantic Marine Fauna and Ships in Macaronesia using Radio Transmitter Markers (INTERTAGUA) have begun to assemble new prototypes of tracking marks and are beginning to carry out functional tests. New electronic components for the development of tracking mark
5th call MaRINET2 – Providing support for offshore renewable energy developers
MaRINET2, the Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network for Enhancing Energy Technologies, launches the fifth and last call for proposals to provide free access to the offered infrastructures. The call is open from 1st of September to 16th of October 2020 and will run the approved test programmes operation between 18th of January and 17th of July
New measurement campaign of the HERAKLES project in PLOCAN
Engineers and technicians of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and PLOCAN have carried out a new measurement campaign of the HERAKLES project. HERAKLES is an R&D project of the State Programme for Research, Development and Innovation geared towards the Challenges of the 2016 Society, which is coordinated by the IDeTIC research institute
The Strategic Council of PLOCAN expresses deep sadness at the death of engineer and entrepreneur Miguel Ángel Montesdeoca
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PLOCAN uses an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) for studying the waves and currents of the southeast of Gran Canaria
PLOCAN has installed an acoustic current profiler in the southeast waters of Gran Canaria in order to study the behaviour of ocean and current conditions in the area. This study is included in the activities of the “Macaronesian Platform for advancing R&D excellence in water desalination and in knowledge of the link between desalinated water