Ecotricity is appealing its application to build after plans were refused

The local council has previously objected to the plans, but Ecotricity, which has installed turbines at Swaffham, will present its case to expand as part of its appeal to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

An opposition group, The Campaign Against Turbines at Shipdham and Scarning (CATSS) says will prove the 100-metre-tall wind turbines not right for the area.

Brian Kidd, the chairman of CATSS, said: "We are confident the inspector will uphold the decision of Breckland District Council to refuse this planning application.

'Ill-conceived proposal'

"We are disappointed that this ill-conceived proposal is being discussed, when it has has been demonstrated that this site is wholly inappropriate for a wind farm."

Ecotricity's Managing Director, Dale Vince, said opposition to the proposed turbine project was due to a "small but vocal minority".

He said: "Norfolk, of all places, has much to gain from investment and the most to lose if climate change continues.

Ecotricity built Swaffham's giant wind turbines

"Sea levels will rise and we will be looking to install offshore wind power where there used to be land."

Companies such as Ecotricity have viewed Norfolk as an ideal spot for renewable energy generation in the past.

Environmentalists were pleased about plans recently announced by the government to site 30 wind turbines off the coast of Great Yarmouth.

And some residents of Swaffham, once sceptical about having a giant wind turbine in their town, recently welcomed the arrival of a second towering model with 35 metre blades - the UK's tallest.