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Open call for 9 indefinite-term employment positions to work at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).

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We build, equip and operate a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a public Consortium created in 2007 between the then Ministry of Education and Science, now Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), and the Government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, with the aim of building, equipping and operating a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

NEWS

The IES Garoe’s educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” reaches the mid-Atlantic ridge

The IES Garoe’s educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” reaches the mid-Atlantic ridge

The educational sailing miniboat “El Hierro-Mar Salitre y Lava” of the IES Garoé and the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has reached the mid-Atlantic ridge after 107 days of journey, heading so far towards the Northeast coast of South America in the development zone of hurricanes that affect the Caribbean and Central America.

READ ARTICLE 04/09/2023
Scientific mission with uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) to assess and catalog ocean ecosystems of the Atlantic basin

Scientific mission with uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) to assess and catalog ocean ecosystems of the Atlantic basin

READ ARTICLE 21/07/2023
Selection of students for the XIII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

Selection of students for the XIII edition of the PLOCAN Glider School

READ ARTICLE 18/07/2023
PLOCAN leads the H2Heat project on hydrogen production and use of hydrogen for heating from marine renewable energies

PLOCAN leads the H2Heat project on hydrogen production and use of hydrogen for heating from marine renewable energies

READ ARTICLE 04/07/2023

SERVICES

Data service

It consists of providing the data acquired by a set of Lagrangian observation systems, mainly based on autonomous marine vehicles and drifter buoys.

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Hosting service

Testing capabilities are offered, at various scales, for experimental fixed and floating devices, special structures, testing of components in the marine environment, operational performance testing of marine technologies, optimisation of equipment at sea and, in general, any testing of experimental technologies, concepts or services in the marine environment.

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Marine technical operations service with VIMAS

The VIMAS facility provides access to the fleet of gliders, ROVs and ASVs based in the Canary Islands.

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Marine operations service on the Offshore Ocean Platform

The Offshore Ocean Platform facility provides efficient access to the ocean at increasing depths in an environmentally sustainable manner.

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