Rumours that giant wind turbines at Camber are sinking into the marsh have been scotched.

Neale East, of the Wind Farm Liaison Group, said: "No they are not sinking. There is no truth in this whatsoever.

"All 26 turbines are now up and the next construction work to take place will be putting up three metereological masts.

"The blades are expected to start turning in mid-October and footpaths around the site will be re-opened in November.

"The final comissioning for the wind farm is expected to take place in January."

The wind farm can be seen as far away as Icklesham and Guestling and is clearly visible from Rye.

Each wind turbine measures 70 metres from the ground to the centre of the turbine hub and weighs more than 275 tonnes.

The blades measure 43.8 metres each, which, allowing for the width of the hub they are mounted to, gives a total rotor diameter of 90 metres.

The total height of the wind turbine, to the tip of the blades at their highest point, is 115 metres.

The turbines are produced by German manufacturer Nordex and are each rated at 2.3 megawatts, giving the wind farm a total capacity of 59.8 megawatts.

Once operational the wind farm will generate enough clean electricity to meet the average annual needs of some 33,000 homes Npower, who built the windfarm, say the Marsh location is an ideal site due to it being so wind-swept.

They say the wind farm will make a valuable contribution to the south east target of 20% of electricity to be generated by renewable energy by 2020.

A spokesman said: "Clean wind energy is one of the cleanest of all the commercial methods of generating electricity. It produces no harmful gas emissions which contribute to climate change, no effluent, no waste and no radioactive contaminants.

"Wind turbines generate electricity safely, without producing atmospheric pollutants and without depleting finite resources of fossil fuels or uranium."

A habitat management group, which includes representatives from Natural England and the RSPB, has been established, and a community liaison group, made up of local residents, meets regularly to discuss the construction.

Grants have been made to Rye and District Chamber of Commerce and Rye and District Community Transport.

An Npower spokesman said: "When the wind farm is operational at Little Cheyne Court, we intend to establish a community fund to contribute towards local community, environment and educational purposes."