Bloomberg Investor exhaustion with poor returns from the oil and gas industry may mean less financing to expand the US shale boom next year, and less of a drive for consolidation. After nearing a record in 2016, equity issues from US oil and gas companies are on pace for an eight-year low this year, amid doubts about the stability of …

Bloomberg First Solar Inc. took the wraps off its long-awaited Series 6 panel, but isn’t turning its back on the workhorse model that’s been sustaining the company. Unexpected demand for its Series 4 product boosted 2017 revenue, especially in the second half, and will help the company earn as much as $2.30 a share in a year when it had …

Bloomberg Oil exploration in Norway’s Arctic seems to have lost some of its appeal after a disappointing drilling campaign. Only 11 companies applied for exploration licenses in the latest round — the nation’s 24th — which focused heavily on the Barents Sea, the Petroleum and Energy Ministry said in a statement on its website. That’s down from 26 in the …