On January 2, the first large-scale project in the United States, Vineyard Wind 1, provided the first power to the Massachusetts grid, marking a significant milestone for the offshore wind sector. Ken Kimmell, Chief Development Officer with Avangrid, the Iberdrola subsidiary that is co-developing the assignment with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), informed Reuters Events that as the nation's first-ever utility-scale offshore wind farm, this is a momentous event.