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PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet monitors the waters of Tazacorte within the framework of the DELTA project
The surrounding waters the new lava deltas on the coast of Tazacorte (La Palma island) keeps hosting diverse studies of different scope by the national and international scientific community, which represents and converts this area into a natural laboratory of unique characteristics for the development and application of ocean sciences and technologies, the context in
PLOCAN joins the Annual Meeting of the American Underwater Glider Operators Association
The American Association of Underwater Glider Operators (UG2) has held its 2024’s Annual Assembly of members and users at the headquarters of the University of Michigan (USA), where about three hundred attendees have gathered representing research centers, universities, government agencies, etc. as members. The event has also had a significant presence and active participation of
PLOCAN at the ICOS scientific conference
PLOCAN is contributing to the scientific conference of ICOS, the European carbon observation system, from 10 to 12 September 2024, in collaboration with ICOS Spain, the national network of greenhouse gas measurement stations. The work presented relates the historical data obtained at the atmospheric research centre of Izaña, in Tenerife, belonging to the AEMET, with
PLOCAN participates in the DESALIFE project which uses wave energy to desalinate seawater
PLOCAN participates in the Consortium of the DESALIFE project, Desalination for Environmental Sustainability and Life, led by the startup Ocean Oasis Canarias, which will demonstrate and validate the innovative desalination technology using wave energy in the North of Gran Canaria. Also participating in the Consortium are the Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC), the Grupo de
Professor Chris Reason -University of Cape Town- visits PLOCAN
Professor Chris Reason, Department of Oceanography, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Cape Town (South Africa), has visited PLOCAN facilities as part of his activities during the stay he is conducting in Gran Canaria in collaboration with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). Joined by representatives of the OFyGA/ECOAQUA research group
PLOCAN reinforces its position in marine renewable energies at Seanergy 2024
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has consolidated its position as an international benchmark in marine renewable energies during its participation in Seanergy 2024, the leading forum in the sector held in Nantes, France, on June 26 and 27. This event, which brought together more than 4,000 participants and 200 exhibitors from 30
PLOCAN joins the Autonomous Ship Expo & Conference 2024
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has joined the 2024’s edition of the Autonomous Ship Expo & Conference, an international leading forum for the unmanned maritime navigation sector, held in Amsterdam within the framework of the Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo 2024, with an approximate final balance of 2,500 attendees, 150 speakers and
PLOCAN co-organises the Technological Innovation and Industry sessions during the JERICO-S3 2024 General Assembly in Brest
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) organized the technological innovation session at the recent JERICO-S3 2024 General Assembly. Held from April 18 to 21 in Brest, France, the event brought together experts and representatives from major European coastal research infrastructures. Eric Delory, PLOCAN’s representative and leader of Work Package 7 (WP7) on Technological
VI final event of the program ‘PrimROV: sea, science and robotics in Primary School’
The facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands in Taliarte welcomed almost a hundred participants on the occasion of the VI final event of the program ‘PrimROV: sea, science and robotics in Primary’ whose main objective is to promote and encourage scientific-technical vocations in children at an early age. During the 2023-2024 school
XII EDUROVs final event: PLOCAN’s Educational Marine Robotics workshop
The onshore facilities of the Oceanic Platform Consortium of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) hosted the exhibition of the prototypes developed in the 12th edition of the Educational Marine Robotics Workshop (EDUROVs), in which seventeen schools in the Canary Islands took part. Eighty students from 10 secondary schools, 3 from Fuerteventura: IES Gran Tarajal, IES Vigán,