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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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Conference on the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands within the ‘Energía Mayor’ initiative
The director of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands, Octavio Llinás, gave a conference on PLOCAN within the ‘Energía Mayor’ initiative, which promotes the scientific dissemination between elderly people, celebrated in the National Museum of Natural Sciences. During the conference, the director of PLOCAN explained in detail the facilities, services and current projects of
ELICAN project implementation led by ESTEYCO
Carlos García Acón, Managing Director of ESTEYCO, presented the implementation of the marine wind turbine prototype Mario Luis Romero Torrent of the ELICAN project located in PLOCAN’s Test Site using the underwater electricity grid (REDSUB). This prototype is the first in Spain and in the south of Europe with a fixed foundation. Furthermore, it is
Final General Assembly of the SE@PORTS project
PLOCAN participated in the Final General Assembly of the SE@PORTS project held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto on 21st March. This project intends to demonstrate the high potential of seaports breakwaters for the integration of wave energy converters ( WECs) in sea ports.
Presentation of The Blue Growth pilot project in Praia, Cape Verde
The Blue Growth pilot project executed by PLOCAN within the framework of the RIS3_Net project was presented in Praia, Cape Verde, during the training workshops on Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3). The workshops took place on 20-21 March in the facilities of the Núcleo Operacional da Sociedade de Informação (NOSi), which participates in the project as
R3M maintenance and improvement activities in Madeira within the framework of the ECOMARPORT project
Technical staff from PLOCAN, within the framework of the ECOMARPORT project, executed technical tasks of maintenance and installation of new devices for autonomous monitoring of oceanographic parameters included in the Macaronesian Marine and Maritime Observation Network (R3M), specifically in the station 706 located in the facilities of the Funchal Sports Port and in the station
PLOCAN participates in the II Civil Engineering and Geomatics Workshop organised by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
PLOCAN participated with the presentation “Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands: Design, construction, equipment and operation” in the II Civil Engineering and Geomatics Workshop organised by the School of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Underwater Robotics Workshop at CIVITAS Association
The Oceanic Platform of the Canay Islands organised an Underwater Robotics Workshop at CIVITAS Association, which was founded in March 1969, thanks to the initiative of a group of parents with children with intellectual disabilities, who tried to respond to the special educational and occupational needs of their children. Nowadays, the Association includes a Special
The Canary Islands Employment Service awars PLOCAN for its best practices on the management of cooperation projects
The Canary Islands Employment Service awarded PLOCAN for its best practices on the management of the projects ESTRAMAR and MacSIMAR, which are both funded by the Operational Programme PCT-MAC 2007-2013, during the workshop “Employment and training initiatives in the fields of blue and green economy identified in the EU Outermost Regions (ORs)” celebrated in Las
Partners of the CHPM2030 Project visit PLOCAN
Partners of the CHPM2030 Project, “Combined Heat, Power and Metal Extraction”, visited PLOCAN during the roadmapping workshop hosted by La Palma Research Centre. The experts were informed in detail about the facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands: the Multi-purpose Offshore Platform, the Test Site and the Observatory. Furthermore, they were able to
Deployment of the ESTOC buoy
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands collected and deployed an oceanographic buoy in its oceanic observatory located in the North of the Canary Islands (ESTOC position) between the 22nd and the 26th of February 2019. The operation was realiased from the ship Ángeles Alvariño from IEO. The buoy is currently operating. (Data access)