Project developers have maintained for years that the $4 billion project they are building about 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard would start to generate.
The first clean wind power generated by the Vineyard Wind 1 project is expected to flow onto the regional grid by mid-October and the first-in-the-nation offshore wind project should be fully operational by this time next year.
Hundreds of residents concerned about the impact of offshore wind projects on the shores of Little Compton, Westport and other area communities flooded the Wilbur McMahon School gymnasium.