Unit economics
Per-station economics & network rollup
Tier-aware CAPEX, swap throughput, multi-stream revenue, OPEX, payback and IRR — with one-click rollup across the deployed network.
Revenue / mo
$45,317
$543,800 / yr
EBITDA / mo
$41,353
91% margin
Payback
3.5 mo
0.3 yr
IRR (proxy)
336.2%
NPV $2,119,719 @ 12%
Station configuration
Toggle tier, then dial throughput and revenue streams.
Station tier
CAPEX
$145,000
Slots
24
Max swaps/d
160
Throughput & pricing
Swaps per day110
69% utilization vs tier ceiling
Price / swap4.5 $
BaaS & ancillary
Subscribers anchored200
Subscription fee120 $/mo
Cooking fuel rev2,400 $/mo
Refill bar rev900 $/mo
Carbon credits38,000 $/yr
Operating costs
Energy / swap0.6 $
Staff cost / FTE350 $/mo
Site rent800 $/mo
Maintenance4 % CAPEX/yr
Network & finance
Stations deployed25
Discount rate12 %
Horizon7 yr
Monthly revenue mix
Five concurrent streams per station — BaaS lock-in plus carbon upside.
Swaps
$14,850
BaaS sub
$24,000
Cooking
$2,400
Refill
$900
Carbon
$3,167
OPEX breakdown
Largest line items at current throughput — solar canopy keeps energy bounded.
Energy$1,980 (50%)
Staff$700 (18%)
Rent$800 (20%)
Maint$483 (12%)
Total OPEX / mo$3,963
Cumulative cash flow & payback
Crosses zero at month 3.5 assuming steady-state EBITDA.
Network rollup — 25 stations
Same per-station economics applied across the deployed footprint.
Total CAPEX
$3,625,000
Network revenue / yr
$13,595,000
Network EBITDA / yr
$12,406,000
Equity value @ 10×
$124,060,000
Carbon credits contribute $950,000 / yr at the network level — pre-sellable to DFIs.