Ecotricity plans to lift the turbine into place on Friday.

Engineers and staff from Ecotricity are making preparations for the arrival of the turbine tower and blades that will slot into the concrete and steel base already on site.

The company plans to lift the turbine, which is 85 metres tall and boasts 70-metre-diameter rotor blades, into place on Friday.

The turbine will be the second one built at Swaffham by Ecotricity.

When up and running the turbine will generate enough power for over 1,200 homes.

Combined with the existing turbine erected in 1999 will supply 75 % of Swaffham's total home electricity requirements.

A spokesman for the company said Swaffham II was built after the success of the town's first turbine.

Dale Vince, managing director of Ecotricity, said: "This turbine is the latest step in our mission to change the way electricity is produced in the UK.

"Swaffham proves that communities can insist on clean, locally generated power being made available to them, and our new tariff means they can buy green power at the same price as the local supplier."