The Consular Body of the Canary Islands visits PLOCAN

The Consular Body of the Canary Islands attended to the talk given by the director of PLOCAN, Octavio Llinás, at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands in order to disseminate the activities developed by PLOCAN and to inform about the specific actions that are developed with some countries that were represented by the consuls that attended to the talk.

The director explained the activities of PLOCAN between its creation and the present day in the field of marine science and technology, including the development of testing activities of various prototypes for marine renewable energy generation at PLOCAN´s Test Site and the progress achieved in this field, that were of great interest to the attendees.

Furthermore, the consuls visited the LT1 laboratory which includes the underwater robotics devices of PLOCAN, where they learnt more about the scientific and technical equipment used in PLOCAN, like the marine gliders or the underwater Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs).


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