{"schemaVersion":"report-figure-v1","report":{"slug":"solar-compound-trajectory","title":"The Compound Trajectory: What a Kilowatt Is Worth","url":"https://solaranalytica.com/solar-compound-trajectory","datePublished":"2026-06-18","lastReviewed":"2026-06-18"},"figure":{"id":"value-per-kilowatt","title":"What a kilowatt is worth. Gross annual value, USD per kW, 2025 tariffs","unit":"US$ per kW per year","caption":"What a kilowatt earns: net annual generation x local 2025 tariff, US$ per kW per year. Dim Berlin ranks third; sun-rich Cairo ranks last. The prefix is dollars. 23 of 40 markets have a matched 2025 tariff.","series":[{"label":"Los Angeles","value":514},{"label":"Madrid","value":471},{"label":"Berlin","value":442},{"label":"Athens","value":403},{"label":"Nairobi","value":369},{"label":"Perth","value":357},{"label":"Sydney","value":333},{"label":"Phoenix","value":252},{"label":"Cape Town","value":216},{"label":"Dubai","value":129},{"label":"Riyadh","value":75},{"label":"Cairo","value":40}]},"csv":"https://solaranalytica.com/reports/solar-compound-trajectory/figures/value-per-kilowatt/data.csv","publicationState":"fixed-edition","boundary":"The figure remains bound to the report edition. A newer upstream release creates a review obligation and never rewrites these rows automatically."}