The 12-turbine project, which is worth more than €150m, is part of the 429MW Noordoostpolder wind power project.
RWE said Zuidwester project will use the largest onshore wind turbines available.
Germany-based Enercon is supplying E126 wind turbines of 7.5MW each that will be erected on a site alongside the Westermeerdijk and Zuidermeerdijk dykes.
The project’s site already features 54 old turbines, which will be removed by RWE.
Essent CEO Erwin van Laethem said the project helps achieve the Dutch targets for the development of renewable energies.
"Zuidwester will be able to supply 80,000 residential households annually with green power," van Laethem added.
The construction of the towers and electrical work is scheduled to start in early 2015 while the Zuidwester wind farm is expected to be commissioned in 2017.
Dutch transmission system operator Tennet will link the wind farm to the grid via the nearby Westermeerdijk transformer station.
RWE Innogy CEO Hans Bünting said Zuidwester wind farm project’s site is excellent and its wind speeds are otherwise found only in the open sea.
"Just one of the Zuidwester systems will be able to produce as much electricity as all the 50 systems of the still existing wind farm taken together," Bünting added.
The Dutch government is planning to increase the share of renewable energies in its electricity mix to 14% by 2020.
The government intends to increase onshore wind power production to 6,000MW from the current 2,500MW capacity.
Image: The Zuidwester wind farm is expected to be commissioned in 2017. Photo: Courtesy of RWE Innogy.
