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Students from Eusebio Barreto Secondary School, La Palma, launch Buche Salado II, an educational miniboat that will cross the Atlantic Ocean
Students from Garoé Secondary School, El Hierro, also took part. Their boat, El Hierro-Mar, Salitre y Lava, will be launched in the next few days. With Buche Salado II, a total of 190 small sailing boats have now been launched under the international Educational Passages programme. Students from the Eusebio Barreto Secondary School, Los Llanos
Marine Power Systems, focused on offshore wind, interested in demonstrating its pre-commercial prototypes in the future potential test site south of PLOCAN
The British marine renewable energy development firm Marine Power Systems has selected the possible future southern test site of the Canary Islands Oceanic Platform, in the southeast of the island, to test its flexible offshore floating wind prototype, PelaFlex. The director of PLOCAN, José Joaquín Hernández Brito, and Gareth Stockman, representing Marine Power Systems have
PLOCAN training sessions on Renewable Energies and Green Hydrogen production in Madeira
Technicians from the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) travelled to the island of Madeira to give training sessions to the island’s teachers and students on Renewable Energies and Green Hydrogen production within the framework of the RIS3_Net2 project. This project aims to bring the Macaronesian society and its professionals closer to the knowledge
Annual meeting of the JERICO-S3 project for the creation of a European Infrastructure that will coordinate the coastal observatories.
The Canary Islands Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) has participated in the annual meeting of the European consortium JERICO-S3 “Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories: Science, Service, Sustainability”, whose objective is to strengthen the current European network of coastal observatories through the creation of a European structured research infrastructure (JERICO-RI). JERICO-S3 JERICO-S3 is a European project
PLOCAN meets with companies and entities to analyse options for the implementation of a hyperbaric chamber on La Palma
The director of PLOCAN, José Joaquín Hernández Brito, took part in a meeting in Los Llanos de Aridane on the opportunity to install a hyperbaric chamber in La Palma, which concluded that it is important for the professional, tourism and sports sectors, and that it will bring benefits to the island by increasing tourism and
PLOCAN participates in the Networking Days of the Hexagone Strategic Project in Funchal
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has been present at the networking days of the strategic project HEXAGONE held in Funchal (Madeira), organised by the Directorate General for Economic Affairs with Africa of the Government of the Canary Islands. The event aimed to promote cooperation between European regions and African countries participating in
PLOCAN at the ExCOM of EMSO ERIC
PLOCAN, as operator of the Regional Facility (RF) of the European Multidisciplinary Observatory for the Study of the Seafloor and Water Column (EMSO) in the Canary Islands, presented at the EMSO ERIC Executive Committee meeting held in Rome, the status of the ocean observatory and future plans, including the incorporation of the Canary Islands Ocean
PLOCAN in the celebration of the Squares of Europe in Tazacorte
The director of PLOCAN, José Joaquín Hernández Brito, participated in the Plaza de San Miguel de Tazacorte in the Squares of Europe tour, a meeting point project of the European Commission to promote this activity in a transparent way, and promote European values of democracy, solidarity and peace. The citizen’s meeting in Tazacorte square is
PLOCAN updates its VIMAS fleet
The PLOCAN consortium, aiming to adequately increase its operational capabilities and scientific-technical services in order to cover the requirements from its current users, has procured a new VIMAS VIMAS unit (Vehicles, Instruments and Underwater Machines) within the framework of the BLUE UPGRADE project (ICTS 2021 Call – Recovery and Resilience Plan; Ministry of Science and
PLOCAN at the OceanLit project meeting and at the Marlice Islands forum
PLOCAN participated in the partners’ meeting of the European project “Management of coastal protected natural areas affected by marine litter in oceanic archipelagos”, Oceanlit, held in the framework of the International Forum on marine litter and circular economy in islands, Marlice Islands, at the Martianez Lake facilities in Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife). The first