A chill wind blowing through the Department of Energy is about to get even colder as the Energy Secretary prepares to approve a massive wind farm on a minister’s doorstep.

After more revelations this weekend about infighting over renewable power, The Times can reveal that Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, is about to sanction a giant 54 megawatt project at Heckington Fen, in Lincolnshire, fewer than three miles from the constituency of John Hayes, the Energy Minister, who has spoken out against onshore wind farms.

Mr Davey, a Lib Dem, has been repeatedly defied by Mr Hayes, the Conservative MP for South Holland and The Deepings, who recently claimed that Britain has “had enough” of turbines “peppered” across the country.

The new wind farm