General E-TWG Meeting November 20th, 2025

The next general E-TWG meeting will be take place on November 20th, 2025 in Manhatten. E-TWG meeting agendas, presentations, and summaries are posted on the E-TWG Meeting Archive.

Release: Guidance for Pre- and Post-Construction Monitoring to Detect Changes in Marine Bird Distributions and Habitat Use Related to Offshore Wind Energy

An expert committee of the E-TWG has released guidance for conducting pre- and post-construction monitoring to detect changes in marine bird distributions and habitat use related to offshore wind development. The committee also developed guidance for the use of existing avian survey data for site characterization purposes. These recommendations are intended to support environmental research in the U.S. Atlantic but have broad applicability to research efforts in all regions of offshore wind development. The guidance documents are available here.

Release: Whale Communications Committee Publishes Frequently Asked Questions

The Whale Communications Specialist Committee, a specialist committee of the E-TWG, has released the first round of an FAQ document to aid in the dissemination of current, accurate, and readily understandable information around whale mortality events and the level of potential risk to whales from offshore wind energy development activities. Committee members represent a variety of sectors including offshore wind developers, government agencies, and environmental nonprofit organizations.

This FAQ document is intended to primarily be used as a resource for stakeholders who are in direct communication with the general public and who regularly receive questions from the public on these topics. The FAQ development process includes multiple rounds of expert review from experts external to the committee and the E-TWG. New sections of the FAQ document are being publicly released as they are finalized. View Document.