Siemens Gamesa launched last week the largest wind turbine ever publicly announced, a 14-megawatt model with a 222-meter rotor diameter meant for offshore wind farms.

Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen, head of offshore technology at Siemens Gamesa, told GTM the company expects to confirm its first orders for the new turbine soon, with offers already out to a number of “global” offshore wind developers.

The launch puts Siemens Gamesa back in first place in the rankings for the largest offshore turbines on the market. GE revealed its 12-megawatt Haliade-X platform in 2018 and secured its first orders the following year, according to GreenTechMedia.

A 14-megawatt version of GE’s Haliade-X has been referenced in permitting documents, according to Shashi Barla, principal analyst for wind technology and supply chain at Wood Mackenzie. But Siemens Gamesa’s 14-222 DD model has a slightly larger rotor diameter and can increase its rating to 15 megawatts using a “Power Boost” function. With delays to projects in the U.S. that plan to use the Haliade-X, both Siemens Gamesa’s and GE’s 14-megawatt turbines could see their first projects commissioned around the same time, Barla said.

Siemens Gamesa expects to install a prototype of the new 14-megawatt model in Denmark by fall 2021.

Siemens Gamesa is the world’s largest supplier of offshore wind turbines, with a wide lead over No. 2 MHI Vestas, whose largest available model today is 10 megawatts.