Tethys hosts regular webinars about marine energy, wind energy, and the environment to disseminate new information and research to a large international audience of stakeholders. Anyone is welcome to attend and participate in a question and answer session with the presenters. Ongoing webinars on Tethys are sponsored by OES-Environmental, WREN, SEER, ECO Wind, and other projects. Sign up to receive invitations to webinars here. View a full list of webinars here.
| Sponsored By Sort descending | Title | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| WREN Webinar #27 | Wind Turbine Design and Bats | November 6, 2024 | The International Energy Agency Wind Task 59: Wind energy-environmental Research & Engagement Network (WREN) (formerly Task 34) hosted a webinar, “Wind Turbine Design and Bats", on 6 November 2024 from 12:00-1:00pm EST (5:00-6:00pm UTC). During the webinar, researchers from the United States presented findings on how turbine size and wake influence bat interactions. Speakers: |
| WREN Webinar #29 | Mitigation Hierarchy Webinar Series – Part 1: Global Perspectives | April 16, 2026 | The Wind Energy-Environmental Research & Engagement Network (WREN) is hosting a three-part webinar series on the application, effectiveness, and future development of the Mitigation Hierarchy to improve practice in wind energy and biodiversity, featuring panel discussions with experts from regulation, industry, research, and consultancy across different countries. |
| WREN Webinar #3 | Understanding Avian Collision Rate Modeling and Discussing what this Means in a Population Context at Land-Based and Offshore Windfarms | April 2, 2015 | Wind farms can impact birds through collisions, barrier effects and displacement and habitat loss. Of these, collisions have attracted the most attention as the effects of direct mortality are considered to have the greatest potential to impact bird populations. |
| WREN Webinar #30 | Mitigation Hierarchy Webinar Series – Part 2: Effectiveness | April 30, 2026 | The Wind Energy-Environmental Research & Engagement Network (WREN) is hosting a three-part webinar series on the application, effectiveness, and future development of the Mitigation Hierarchy to improve practice in wind energy and biodiversity, featuring panel discussions with experts from regulation, industry, research, and consultancy across different countries. From monitoring to evidence: are we measuring whether mitigation achieves its intended goals? Moderation: |
| WREN Webinar #31 | Mitigation Hierarchy Webinar Series – Part 3: Solutions | May 7, 2026 | The Wind Energy-Environmental Research & Engagement Network (WREN) is hosting a three-part webinar series on the application, effectiveness, and future development of the Mitigation Hierarchy to improve practice in wind energy and biodiversity, featuring panel discussions with experts from regulation, industry, research, and consultancy across different countries. Building on webinars 1 & 2: from compliance to strategy — guidance, financing, and pathways towards nature-positive wind energy. Moderation: |
| WREN Webinar #4 | Avian Sensitivity Mapping and Wind Energy | August 27, 2015 | The speakers present on tools they have developed to assess the potential vulnerability of birds to wind energy development. |
| WREN Webinar #5 | Wildlife Monitoring and Wind Energy | December 2, 2015 | This webinar details monitoring tools and large-scale monitoring efforts related to offshore wind energy. |
| WREN Webinar #6 | Monitoring Bat Activity Offshore | March 1, 2016 | This webinar details techniques for monitoring bat activities offshore, in order to determine the impact that offshore wind may have on bat populations. |
| WREN Webinar #7 | Wind Energy Development Impacts on Marine Environment | June 28, 2016 | This webinar will discuss noise monitoring research and mitigation to help protect marine life from the impacts of wind energy development-related sounds produced during the building phases and types of foundations. |
| WREN Webinar #8 | Assessing Marine and Avian Wildlife Off the New York Coast | July 21, 2016 | In an effort to ensure that potential offshore wind development protects the environment and addresses the concerns of coastal communities, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is conducting a multi-year aerial survey of wildlife in this area. This webinar will outline the planned scope of the survey project and provide insights in the technical aspects of image collection, processing, species identification and data presentation. |
| WREN Webinar #9 | Adaptive Management in the Wind Energy Industry | November 16, 2016 | A recent review of Adaptive Management (AM) has clarified fundamental differences in the definition of AM, and its application to projects or planning processes. This webinar sets out to explore these experiences and suggest the possibility of a common definition and framework for AM that is capable of supporting the needs of wind energy development where there are potential conflicts with wildlife. It will examine how AM has been applied to wind energy development around the world, with a focus on examples from the US and UK. |
| WREN/CYCLEWIND Webinar | Incorporating Biodiversity Metrics into Lifecycle Impact Assessments (LCIA) for wind energy projects | March 27, 2026 | International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Tasks 59 (WREN) and 60 (CYCLEWIND) are hosting a joint webinar, “Incorporating Biodiversity Metrics into Lifecycle Impact Assessments (LCIA) for wind energy projects”, on 27 March 2026 from 9:00-10:00am EDT (1:00-2:00pm UTC). |
| WREN/Tethys | WREN/Tethys Webinar | February 9, 2021 | The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) held a webinar on 9 February 2021 to discuss international efforts to address environmental issues associated with commercial development of land-based and offshore wind energy projects. |