Gov. Ned Lamont joined Bridgeport officials Monday in celebrating the first phase of the largest renewable energy project in the city's history.

Vineyard Wind has officially opened its new headquarters in Bridgeport.

The company will use the space for project development, community outreach, and workforce development for the Park City Wind Project.

Park City Wind will build and then maintain the hundreds of turbines that will be installed off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.

"Bridgeport's one of the great ports in the world and it's now coming back to life. This is one of the ways it is. Wind power is going to help generate that and, like I said, it's going be close to 1,000 jobs when they're peak construction," Lamont said.

Vineyard Wind is a joint venture between United Illuminating's parent company, Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.