Welcome to The Carbon Capitalist, the blog and newsletter from Locataire Energy Capital.

I started this because I noticed something: the businesses winning on energy aren't doing it for the planet. 

They're doing it for the bottom line. 

And the planet benefits anyway.

Energy costs are climbing. Infrastructure demands keep growing. 

But here's what's changed: commercial energy projects aren't environmental decisions anymore. They're financial ones. And the maths usually works.

On this blog, we talk about:

• Commercial solar and battery storage (and whether they actually pencil out)
• Energy efficiency finance and how to fund projects without straining cash flow
• Capital allowances, grants, and tax incentives (the bits the accountants miss)
• HVAC, voltage optimisation, and the technologies that actually save money
• The real-world case for sustainability (spoiler: it's profitable)

The name says it all. The businesses leading the energy transition aren't the ones chasing carbon credits. They're the ones discovering that reducing waste and improving margins go hand in hand.

I'm Michael Dawson, and I work in commercial energy finance. 

This blog is where I explore what actually works in modern energy investment, where greener operations and smarter finance increasingly meet.