The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) convenes the 16th edition of the Glider School, an international reference training forum in ocean-glider technology, to be held from October 19th to 23rd 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
Two autonomous surface vehicles Saildrone, equipped with a set of meteorological and oceanographic sensors on board, have left the port of Taliarte, in Gran Canaria, within the framework of the international initiative “From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean” (ATL2MED) that coordinates the European Research Infrastructure of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS-RI). The Saildrones have
On 17 October 2019, the W2POWER prototype, the first multi-turbine wind floating platform in Spain designed by the Spanish company ENEROCEAN S.L., was decommissioned from the PLOCAN’s Test Site. This test was developed between June 2019 and October 2019, focused on a 1:6 scale prototype, aiming to collect information from different parameters that will allow
The manned submersible ICTINEU 3 of ICTINEU Submarins S.L. has started a series of dives into the waters of the Test Site of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands, using the functionalities of the facility during its first Atlantic open water operation. The ICTINEU 3 was moved from the harbour of Taliarte (Telde –
The 14th edition of the Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), which is one of the most important conferences concerning energy, water and environmental, has taken place in Dubrovnik. This year, it has brought together 570 scientists, researchers, and experts from 55 countries. The DESAL+ project was represented by the
The 10th edition of PLOCAN’s Glider School brought together students from several countries, such as Canada, USA, Portugal, Australia, France, UK, Norway or Spain, with the six manufacturers of the available, operational submarine glider technologies, to remain as an international reference for high-level training on these autonomous, oceanic observation devices. The ten editions raise the
The 9th Glider School edition, a reference hands-on and training forum on ocean-gliders technology takes place at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands between 30th September and 4th October 2019. Didactical contents will cover both hardware and software issues through theoretical and practical dedicated sessions in class, lab and open waters using real ocean-glider
The second dissemination seminar of marine and maritime R&D&I in the Macaronesian Region was celebrated in Funchal (Madeira) within the framework of the RIS3_NET (Interregional Co-operation for the Intelligent Growth of the MAC Regions) project and the activities for promoting the Macaronesian R&D&I related to the Blue Growth Strategy of the European Commission. During the
PLOCAN participated in “Macaronight 2019, European Researchers’ Night” that took place in Santa Ana Square in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with the Educational Marine Robotics initiative EDUROVs. The MacaroNight project, within the framework of the European Researchers’ Night, brings together the Macaronesian archipelago in one single night where we share and show our common
The SmartBlue project, which objective is to promote the competitiveness, innovation and internationalisation of marine and maritime companies operating in the blue economy in the Macaronesian regions, organised a conference in order to present the Blue Growth strategies of the Macaronesian regions of Europe at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Funchal (Madeira). The
The OceanObs’19 Conference, “An Ocean of Opportunity”, which was sponsored by government agencies linked to the international strategy on ocean observation, took place in Honolulu (HI, USA) between 16th and 20th September and brought together more than 1900 attendees from 74 nations and a hundred leading companies in the sector. The OceanObs’19 conference is a community-driven conference