We are pleased to share that a Q&A document compiling answers to all questions received by the March 13 deadline is now available on our proposal portal. The Q&A document can now be found under “Other materials” on the Regional RFP details page.  Reminder: The RWSC will not accept further clarification requests regarding the Regional RFP.   Deadline for submission of Concept Papers: April 1, 2025, 12pm ET  Full Proposal submission deadline: June 2, 2025, 12pm ET  You may find more information about the Regional RFP in the RWSC’s proposal… [More]

Following the POWERON Bidders Q&A Webinar held on Tuesday, March 11, we are pleased to share that additional materials are now available on our proposal portal. The following new items can now be found under “Other materials” on the POWERON RFP details page: Webinar Recording (POWERON Q&A Webinar Recording.mp4, 132mb) Webinar Slides (POWERON_Q&A_Webinar_Slides.pdf, 1.1mb) Q&A Document, including answers to questions submitted via email and during the webinar (POWERON RFP Questions_Answers.pdf, 186kb) KML and Shapefile of Proposed POWERON Deployment… [More]

The Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that will allocate approximately $3.4 million for offshore wind and wildlife research along the U.S. East Coast.   The goal of the RFP is to identify and fund data collection and research that increases understanding of the potential regional scale effects of offshore wind energy development on wildlife and marine ecosystems. RWSC requires that all research outputs and data are made available to decision makers as soon as possible and preserved for future… [More]

The Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that will allocate approximately $1.2 million for passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) for marine mammals along the U.S. East Coast. The objective of this RFP is to select an eligible contractor to conduct marine mammal PAM fieldwork, data management, and analysis according to a defined scope of work in support of the Partnership for an Offshore Wind Energy Regional Observation Network (POWERON). The selected contractor will work with equipment procured by… [More]

Today, RWSC is releasing a portfolio of materials supporting its mission of data sharing and transparency around offshore wind and wildlife. These include: Recommended repositories for publishing data Guidance for minimum metadata A template for Data Management & Sharing Plans on DMPTool.org, available to the RWSC community (registration required) These materials are designed to help the RWSC community make data discoverable and reusable as well as to help support all researchers and data holders in contributing to the greater body of knowledge about… [More]