RWE Innogy will erect the wind turbines along the dyke of the Ijsselmeer lake where strong wind conditions allow for the use of what is the world's largest onshore wind turbine.

“The site is excellent and its wind speeds are otherwise found only in the open sea," says chief executive Hans Bünting.

"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.