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PLOCAN’s fleet of autonomous marine vehicles increases its operational activity by 30% in 2023
PLOCAN’s fleet of autonomous ocean vehicles has carried out multiple scientific, technical and training missions in 2023, totaling 242 days sea-operations, with a navigation record of 3,200 nautical miles, among which highlight deployments and operations conduced in the Azores, Madeira, Lisbon, the island of La Palma and in the North and South strip of the
The educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” in the Central Atlantic Equatorial zone after six months of sailing journey
The educational boat iFADO-IV El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava, which began its sailing journey six months ago from the island of El Hierro, keep sailing in the Equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean after being trapped by the North Equatorial Countercurrent, responsible of significant oceanic eddies in the Northern Brazil as a consequence of
PLOCAN incorporates a new acoustic technology to its underwater observation fleet
PLOCAN’s underwater glider fleet has incorporated a new AURIS passive acoustic technology that expands its scientific ocean-observing capabilities and quality. Among the direct and most interesting applications of AURIS highlights marine-mammal monitoring, as well underwater noise measurement as potential impact on the ecosystem in areas where activities linked to Blue Economy sectors are carried out,
Roadmap progress of the Spanish National Working Group on ocean-gliders
The Canary Islands Government delegation in Madrid hosted this week the annual meeting of the national Working Group on ocean gliders, currently joined by five institutions: AZTI (Basque Country), IEO/CSIC – Spanish Institute of Oceanography/Council for Scientific Research ( Madrid and Santander), SOCIB – Coastal Observation System (Balearic Islands), ULPGC – University of Las Palmas
PLOCAN presents BOOST in La Palma, the largest floating offshore solar energy system in Europe
The floating solar power plant prototype will produce around half a gigawatt hour, the equivalent of the consumption of 100 families The initiative positions the port of Tazacorte as a centre of innovation in port decarbonizing in the Canary Islands and the island as a reference in the transition towards energy sustainability in Europe The
Annual Meeting of the PLOTEC Project: Advancing Marine Energy Technology
The partners of the PLOTEC project, a pan-European consortium with the primary goal of designing a robust OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) platform capable of withstanding extreme weather conditions in tropical oceans and demonstrating its economic viability, gathered in Bad Hall, Austria, to review the first year of progress in creating an Ocean Thermal Energy
Annual BlueMissionAA meeting to drive restoration of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans
The BlueMissionAA project, funded by the European Union, aims to develop a shared vision and a road map for the ecological restoration of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. It also encourages citizen participation and innovation in this field. The project had its annual meeting in Cascais, Portugal, with the involvement of PLOCAN. The opening of
Seasonal ocean-observations program in the Canary Islands: EMSO-ESTOC-RAPROCAN
PLOCAN, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) continue to promote and strengthen their collaboration in the ocean-observing strategy in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program based on glider missions at the Time-Series station ESTOC (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory) and Deep Radial
Marine Science with PLOCAN at the Canary Islands Science and Innovation Weeks 2023
PLOCAN’s mission and its contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals was the focus of the participation of the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructure in the Canary Islands Science and Innovation Weeks 2023. Science plays a crucial role in maintaining a stable and sustainable economy, as well as in the development of countries. Despite its
PLOCAN at the VIII Gambuesa Científica 2023.
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands took part in the VIII Gambuesa Científica 2023, a school science and technology fair in which science and technology projects and experiments, carried out and displayed by students from different schools in Fuerteventura, are shown. This activity aims to promote scientific and technological vocations among students, as well