Here’s some news you may have missed overnight. It looks almost certain that the £60m promised by the last UK government to allow the country’s ports to cope with the next generation of offshore wind will be preserved in tomorrow’s spending review.

Energy secretary Chris Huhne has previously dropped big hints that this will be the case, but the clearest came yesterday when he told Lib Dems in the north east to expect “good news” on this front.

Here at the European Future Energy Forum 2010 in London, Maria McCaffery has welcomed the news, saying the “key issue” facing renewable energy providers at the moment is the supply chain.

Interestingly Lord Howell, a minister in the foreign office, did not contradict what is being described here as a “leak”. It seems offshore wind builders may be one of the few groups to be happy with the outcome of tomorrow’s review.

UPDATE: This is why the story is being called a “leak”. The Guardian has the full story.