British oil giant BP reportedly will announce plans to abandon its renewable generation goals this week in an effort to boost earnings. BP CEO Murray Auchincloss will tell investors at the company’s capital market day on Wednesday that it will ditch its target to grow renewable generation capacity 20-fold by 2030 and instead refocus on

BP is set to announce at the capital markets day that it is scaling back its 2030 renewables goal to 50GW instead of a 20-fold increase.

BP has returned to its oil and gas roots in a spectacular about-turn following its trailblazing attempt five years ago to become a renewables giant. The takeaway for Big Oil is that the energy transition is a marathon,

BP has abandoned a radical attempt to reinvent itself as a green energy company, bowing to pressure from investors after its aggressive shift away from fossil fuels over the past five years backfired.

The energy giant said it would cut planned investment in clean energy and redirect spending toward fossil fuels.