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PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) announces the 14th Glider School edition, a leading hands-on training forum on ocean-glider technologies, scheduled for October 21st to 25th 2024 in Telde, Gran Canaria (Spain). The period for submitting applications to attend will remain open until June 30th. More details at http://www.gliderschool.eu Didactical contents will cover

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PLOCAN at the Transfiere Forum 2023

PLOCAN at the Transfiere Forum 2023

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands participated in the joint stand that the Cabildo de Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria Economic Promotion Society) organised at the Transfiere Forum to promote the R&D activities carried out on the island of Gran Canaria. The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Canary Islands Institute of Technology

17/02/2023 READ ARTICLE
Canary Islands as a testsite for marine renewable energies in the Ecoislas forum

Canary Islands as a testsite for marine renewable energies in the Ecoislas forum

The use of the Canary Islands as a test site is a unique opportunity to promote the development of marine renewable energy generation technologies in Spain and the world, as revealed in the international forum Ecoislas, which had as one of its axes to marine renewable energies and which had the participation of the Ocean

06/02/2023 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN leads SECURE European project to improve research and attract talent

PLOCAN leads SECURE European project to improve research and attract talent

PLOCAN leads the European project SECURE (Sustainable Careers for Researcher Empowerment) to improve research careers and reduce job insecurity, creating conditions that allow attracting, retaining and stimulating talent growth. Secure is a consortium of 19 European partners from 12 different countries that will develop coordination and support measures to create, trial, implement, and mainstream a

27/01/2023 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN collaborates with the Air and Space Army in a maritime accident drill

PLOCAN collaborates with the Air and Space Army in a maritime accident drill

PLOCAN took part in the maritime accident drill organised by the Canary Islands Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) and the 802 Squadron of the Air Force’s 46th Wing 55 miles northeast of the island of Gran Canaria. For the simulation, a PLOCAN buoy with a positioning beacon was attached to a figurehead and set adrift

26/01/2023 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN participates in the celebration of the start of Ocean Citizen project

PLOCAN participates in the celebration of the start of Ocean Citizen project

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands participated in Tenerife in the Kick-off meeting of the European project Ocean Citizen, for the advanced restoration of the marine environment combining environmental perspective with social commitment and clear economic benefits for local communities, and which seeks to have continuity beyond the useful life of the project. Twenty-two

25/01/2023 READ ARTICLE
PLOCAN at the SBEP launch session in Rome

PLOCAN at the SBEP launch session in Rome

European Commission and public-private partnership create the European Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership The European Blue Economy Sustainable Association (EBESA) has begun its activities in Rome, with the goal of uniting efforts and resources to promote sustainable blue economy in Europe. The association, coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research, includes a network of

24/01/2023 READ ARTICLE
Meeting at the Port Authority of Vigo of the partners of the European Bluefishing Training project on the competitiveness of extractive fishing.

Meeting at the Port Authority of Vigo of the partners of the European Bluefishing Training project on the competitiveness of extractive fishing.

BLUEFISHING TRAINING is a project funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEu with 279.669,49€ through the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and is constituted by five partners at national level: Port Authority of Vigo, Vigo Shipowners Cooperative, ICSEM, University of Vigo and PLOCAN. This project aims to promote innovative approaches to strengthen sectorial cooperation

20/01/2023 READ ARTICLE
X1 Wind installs floating platform in the PLOCAN test site

X1 Wind installs floating platform in the PLOCAN test site

X1 Wind and its partners in the EU-backed PivotBuoy project have successfully installed a floating platform in the PLOCAN test site. The fully functional floating wind prototype was connected to the mooring system and the dynamic cable pre-installed last June. X1 Wind operations manager Jorge Casanovas said that operations will soon commence to collect valuable

28/10/2022 READ ARTICLE
XII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

XII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

The XII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School brought together students from India, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Iran, Greece, Brazil and Spain, as well as the leading manufacturers of the current commercial and operational underwater glider technologies, keeping its commitment as an international benchmark for high-level training in this type of ocean observation

28/10/2022 READ ARTICLE
Visit of the Regional Ministers for Ecological Transition of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands to PLOCAN

Visit of the Regional Ministers for Ecological Transition of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands to PLOCAN

The Canary Islands Regional Minister for Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Land Planning, José Antonio Valbuena, and the Balearic Islands Regional Minister for Energy Transition, Productive Sectors and Democratic Memory, Juan Pedro Yllanes, visited the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands offshore infrastructure located in the test site of this unique scientific and

28/10/2022 READ ARTICLE
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