The door had not even swung back behind the departing energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne before his opponents seized their chance. Over 100 Conservative MPs wrote to prime minister David Cameron demanding cuts to support for onshore windfarms and easier ways to block them through planning objections.
The Liberal Democrats, who provided Huhne's replacement Ed Davey, have immediately hit back, with the deputy prime minister Nick Clegg saying on Monday: "The race is on to lead the world in clean, green energy. In 2011 we saw record-breaking global investment in renewables - outstripping the cash piled into fossil fuels. The new economic powerhouses - China, India, Korea, Brazil - are now serious contenders for that capital. So the choice for the UK is simple: wake up, or end up playing catch up."
For more: Why Tory MPs opposition to wind power will put your energy bill up | Damian Carrington | Environment | guardian.co.uk
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