Today, July 27th 2012, after two weeks of intense training, has successfully ended the 3rd edition of the Glider Summer School organized by PLOCAN. During that period, students have enjoyed a formative period where both theoretical and practical activities have been entwined to provide them the best possible approach for better understanding and use on underwater glider technology.
The III Conference on Scientific and Technological Infrastructures (ICTS) – Information Technology – was held on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 of July 2012. This was the first time where heads of IT departments and operations joint together. David Horat, Chief Information Officer, talked about several of the systems, strategies and methodologies implemented at PLOCAN. More specifically, his conference touched 4 main blocks:
In waters South of Gran Canaria, technical staff from the U.S. company Teledyne Webb Research and the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands -PLOCAN- have carried out today, Tuesday 24 July, a new commissioning of the glider Silbo, after a refurbishment period at the facilities of PLOCAN in Taliarte.
Jesús Rodríguez, Director of the Engineering Department at the Renewable Energies and Technological Institute (ITER) came to PLOCAN to give a speech on the projects that his organization, is currently doing. This center has developed important projects in the context of the renewable energies with the installation of photovoltaic and wind energy plants in the Canary Islands, especially in Tenerife.