PLOCAN is to help in the design of a marine area to the north of Gran Canaria for installing prototypes that harness the energy of the waves to supply electricity to one of the desalination plants managed by the Gran Canaria Water Board as part of the DESAL+ project.
The Macaronesia Network for the Transfer of Inter-Regional and Multi-disciplinary Knowledge and Technologies to protect, guard and monitor cetaceans in the marine environment and analyse and sustainably manage the associated tourism activity (MARCET) held its kick-off meeting in the Elder Museum of Science and Technology of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Thursday the 17th of March.
Students from the qualification course as a Specialist in Marine Energies, certified jointly by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and companies Raley Estudios Costeros and Hexia Formación, visited the PLOCAN facilities, along with two of their teachers.
The main objective of the visit was to show students the land-side facilities of the infrastructure, as well as the scientific-technological operational and training capabilities, lines of work and activities that PLOCAN is currently engaged in, as a potential professional opportunity in the area of marine renewable energies. All these aspects turned out to be of interest to the students on the Specialist in Marine Energies course, which is comprised of five modules: Appraisal of Marine Energies, Marine Converters, Auxiliary Facilities, Maintenance Management and Feasibility Studies.
The third co-ordination meeting of the Multinational Response and Preparedness to Oil and Chemical Spill (MARPOCS) research project funded by the European Commission to fight marine pollution was held in Casablanca, Morocco, between the 1st and 3rd of March 2017 with the participation of PLOCAN, project partner.