The future of the world's largest offshore wind farm and a symbol of Britain's renewable energy future was thrown into doubt last night

Winds of change: Shell ditches renewable stake amid fears of a retreat to carbons | Environment | The Guardian

But Shell has in recent years been selling off much of its solar business while its rival oil group BP - under new chief executive, Tony Hayward - has also talked about selling part of in its alternative energy division, abandoned a carbon capture scheme in Scotand and moved into the Canadian tar sands for the first time.