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Offshore Wind Webinar Library

NYSERDA has developed a library of free, publicly available webinars related to offshore wind energy development and wildlife to serve as a resource for stakeholders. Webinars are listed below in alphabetical order by year (most recent first) and can be filtered by topic, taxa, webinar series, webinar duration, and year. Alternatively, you may search webinars by keyword:

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Last Update: November 25 2024

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Webinars

*Listed alphabetically by year (most recent first)

Acoustic Telemetry Workshop

Host Organization(s): Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind

Speaker(s): Emily Scumchenia, Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative; Sue Barco RWSC Sea Turtle Lead; Jordan Katz, RWSC Protected Fish Lead, NOAA Fisheries; Renee Reilley, Mike Pol, Responsible Offshore Science Alliance; Debbie Brill, RWSC Marine Mammal Lead

Description: Sea Turtle and Protected Fish Species Subcommittees hosted an Acoustic Telemetry Workshop. These subcommittees identified acoustic telemetry as a key research and management tool in support of environmental monitoring for offshore wind (OSW). The workshop offers perspectives from partners about challenges, needs, and opportunities for regional collaboration regarding acoustic telemetry and offshore wind research.

Year:

2024

|   Webinar Duration:

3h 3 min

RWSC Webinars

Environmental Impacts and Effects of Offshore Wind

Host Organization(s): Marine Renewables Canada

Speaker(s): Sarah Courbis, Worley Consulting

Description: This webinar delves into topics like mitigation measures and the latest technology innovations for improving marine environment monitoring and mitigation, as well as the potential range of onshore and offshore impacts on marine mammals, fish, benthic habitats, and more.

Year:

2024

|   Webinar Duration:

1h 1 min

Ask an Expert OSW Webinar Series

Offshore Wind and Birds: How Research Helps to Maximize Global Benefits and Reduce Local Impacts

Host Organization(s): The Nature Conservancy

Speaker(s): Don Lyons, National Audubon Society; Erik Johnson, Audubon Delta; Alexandra Wilke, Juliet Lamb, Tricia Jedele, The Nature Conservancy

Description: This webinar talks about the effect that climate change is having on birds, the risks and benefits of offshore wind to birds and how research and monitoring can help us make better decisions when it comes to siting, technology choices and mitigation.

Year:

2024

|   Webinar Duration:

1hr

Nature Connects Webinar Series

Seabirds in 3D: A Framework to Evaluate Collision Vulnerability in Future Offshore Wind Developments

Host Organization(s): Shatz Energy Research Center

Speaker(s): Eli Wallach, Arne Jacobson, Shatz Center; Stephanie Schneider, Sharon Kramer, H.T. Harvey & Associates; Lisa Ballance, Oregon State University

Description: This webinar explores the methods used to model the collision vulnerability of 44 seabird species, and how wind facility power generation was simulated. Possible tradeoffs between seabird vulnerability and power generation are discussed.

Year:

2024

|   Webinar Duration:

1h 55 min

Schatz Energy Research Center Webinars

Stochastic Collision Risk Assessment for Movement (SCRAM) Tool Webinar

Host Organization(s): Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind

Speaker(s): Evan Adams, Biodiversity Research Institute; Pam Loring, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; David Bigger, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Description: Lead investigators from USFWS, BOEM, and Biodiversity Research Institute gave an overview of their stochastic collision risk (SCRAM) model that uses movement data from automated radio telemetry to estimate avian collision risk at offshore wind energy projects.

Year:

2024

|   Webinar Duration:

55 min

RWSC Webinars

Understanding Interactions Between Fish, Fish Habitat, and Offshore Wind in an Ever-chaining Ocean

Host Organization(s): The Nature Conservancy

Speaker(s): Brendan Runde, Tricia Jedele, The Nature Conservancy; Annie Murphy, INSPIRE

Description: This webinar focuses on research the speakers have been doing to understand more about how fish respond to offshore wind construction and adapt to new structures in the marine environment.

Year:

2024

|   Webinar Duration:

59 min

Nature Connects Webinar Series

Whales and Offshore Wind: Addressing Myths and Matters of Fact

Host Organization(s): The Nature Conservancy

Speaker(s): Douglas Nowacek, Duke University; Jaclyn Daly, NOAA Fisheries; Tricia Jedele, The Nature Conservancy

Description: This webinar discusses how whales use sound in the ocean and how they respond to a number of different pressures in the ocean, including noise.

Year:

2024

|   Webinar Duration:

1h

Nature Connects Webinar Series

Wind Turbine Design and Bats

Host Organization(s): Working Together to Resolve Environmental Effects of Wind Energy (WREN)

Speaker(s): Julie Garvin, NextEra Energy Resources; Eliot Quon, Michael Sinner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Description: Researchers from the United States present findings on how turbine size and wake influence bat interactions.

Year:

2024

|   Webinar Duration:

59 min

WREN Webinar Archive

Bird Monitoring Methodologies for Offshore Wind

Host Organization(s): New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Speaker(s): Pamela Loring, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Description: Discussion of technologies and research that support bird monitoring and offshore wind energy development, including bird monitoring study designs and methods, and regional science plans.

Year:

2023

|   Webinar Duration:

1h

Learning from the Experts Series

Emerging Technologies and Infrastructure for Monitoring Bats and Birds Offshore

Host Organization(s): U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research (SEER)

Speaker(s): Robb Diehl, U.S. Geological Survey Rocky Mountain Science Center; Kate Williams, Biodiversity Research Institute; Greg Forcey, Normandeau Associates

Description: Overview of advances in technologies and infrastructure for monitoring bats and birds offshore can help inform wind farm siting and potential mitigation.

Year:

2023

|   Webinar Duration:

1h

SEER Webinars

Marine Mammals and Vessel Noise: Exposure, Impacts and Potential Sources

Host Organization(s): Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS)

Speaker(s): Dominik Nachtsheim, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover; Charlotte Findlay, Aarhus University

Description: Discussion on effects of anthropogenic activities, such as underwater noise, on marine mammals and what consequences this may have on individuals and populations.

Year:

2023

|   Webinar Duration:

59 min

DOSITS Webinars

Offshore Wind and Birds: Understanding Risk to Inform Siting

Host Organization(s): NetZero Atlantic

Speaker(s): Julia Stepanuk, Julia Gulka, The Biodiversity Research Institute

Description: Presentation on the current research and risk assessment frameworks related to marine birds and offshore wind development including a demonstration of the methods currently used to minimize risks and understand potential effects.

Year:

2023

|   Webinar Duration:

48 min

NetZero Atlantic

Project Wow x RWSC Public Webinar

Host Organization(s): Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind; Wildlife and Offshore Wind

Speaker(s): Emily Shumchenia, Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind; Pal Halpin, Doug Nowacek; Duke University; Saana Isojunno, Lindesay Scott-Hayward, University of St. Andrews

Description: Webinar on how RWSC and Project WOW are working together to advance the Draft Science Plan and Project WOW goals

Year:

2023

|   Webinar Duration:

1h 28 min

RWSC Webinars

Regional Surveys to Improve Understanding of Ecosystems and Relevance to Offshore Wind Energy Development

Host Organization(s): U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research (SEER)

Speaker(s): Andy Lipsky, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries; Tim White, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; Pat Halpin, Duke University

Description: Updates on ecosystem-level, big-picture considerations for large-scale surveys to inform the occurrence, distribution, habitat use and movement of marine mammals, fish, seabirds, and sea turtles offshore and the relevance of these data to offshore wind energy development.

Year:

2023

|   Webinar Duration:

1h

SEER Webinars

Research and Regulations for Marine Mammal Interactions with Offshore Wind

Host Organization(s): New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Speaker(s): Douglas Nowacek, Duke University; Nick Sisson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries

Description: Discussion of potential risks to marine mammals from offshore wind development, regulatory processes that pertain to interactions with marine mammals, and new research to inform responsible offshore wind development.

Year:

2023

|   Webinar Duration:

59 min

Learning from the Experts Series

Photo credits: Offshore wind farm © Chuyuss-Shutterstock; Underwater turbine structures © Arhnue Tan; Whale and birds © Humberto Braojos

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