Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit Allocation Program - Application

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Overview

Project Overview
Critical Materials List
Commercial Viability
Workforce Community Engagement

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Sheet 1: Project Overview

Instructions for Applicants
User Input	Calculated or from other tab	Instructions are in yellow boxes next to the corresponding inputs
This worksheet is used to capture information on Critical Material project proposals. Input data and assumptions should be substantiated in and show clear correspondence to applicant's project narrative. Applicant should first fill out the relevant user input (green) cells in the Project Overview tab. Data will be extracted from this workbook to compare submissions. Therefore, no cells, rows, or columns should be added.
Section	Applicant Information	Input	Units	Notes
Project Overview	Applicant Case Number			The case number used to track the application in the DOE 48C application portal
	Company Name
	City (HQ)
	State (HQ)
	Zip Code (HQ)
	City (Facility)
	State (Facility)
	Zip Code (Facility)
	Qualified Investment ($)			Dollar amount of the qualified investment that "re-equips, expands, or establishes" the facility, as defined in 48C(b).
	Expected Credit Rate	30%		Applicants should select a 30% tax credit if they anticipate meeting the wage and apprenticeship requirements under 48C(e)(5) and (6). Applicants who do not anticipate meeting those requirements should select 6% from the dropdown.
	Tax Credit ($)	0		Calculated by multiplying Qualified Investment by Expected Credit Rate.
	Project Type
Project/Business Plan	Date Complete Permitting		mm/dd/yyyy
	Date Begin Construction		mm/dd/yyyy
	Date Begin Operation		mm/dd/yyyy
	Is this project being considered or planning to apply to local, state, or other federal agency programs?			Examples include other federal tax credits, grants from the Department of Energy or other federal agencies, and state or local economic development incentives.
	If Yes, briefly explain funding:
Jobs	Direct Construction Jobs		FTE equivalent	Quantify the number of direct jobs that will be created during construction of the facility. Direct jobs are those jobs represented by the number of people whose work is directly billed to the project
	Meet Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements?			Do the construction jobs meet wage and apprenticeship requirements, as specificed in 48C(e) and treasury guidance?
	Direct Operating Jobs		FTE equivalent	Quantify the number of direct jobs that will be created during operation of the facility. For retrofits/reequipped facilities, only include the number of additional operating jobs created by the project.

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Sheet 2: Critical Materials List

Instructions for Critical Material Processing, Refining, and Recycling Project Applicants
User Input	Calculated or from other tab	Instructions are in yellow boxes next to the corresponding inputs
Applicant should first fill out the relevant user input (green) cells below. If the project is producing multiple critical minerals and or is involved in multiple production stages (processing refining, recycling), fill in quantity in each relevant mineral and or production stage that is applicable. Data will be extracted from this workbook to compare submissions. Therefore, no cells, rows, or columns should be added. Any encourage/discourage recommendation from DOE does not serve as a guarantee that: a listed material from the Draft DOE Critical Materials list (indicated with an asterisk) will be included in the Final DOE Critical Materials list and that a full application can be based on that material.
Material Input						Example of How to Fill Out Material Inputs (Examples provided here are independent from example provided in the output table below)
Input Type	Input Description	Input capacity (tons)	Sourcing			Input Type	Input Description	Input capacity (tons)	Sourcing
Select input type (selected primary for virgin materials, and secondary for scraps/end of life materials	Briefly describe input selected e.g. ore, mine tailing, waste stream, concentrate, scraps(automobile, mixed - shredded, household appliance, new(manufacturing/industrial) scraps etc.) etc.	For each input , provide the corresponding amount entering the facility. If more than 10 inputs, provide the 10 inputs with largest annual tonnage	For each input briefly describe where it is sourced from (associated geographical region)			Select input type (selected primary for virgin materials, and secondary for scraps/end of life materials	Briefly describe input selected e.g. ore, mine tailing, waste stream, concentrate, scraps(automobile, mixed - shredded, household appliance, new(manufacturing/industrial) scraps etc.) etc.	For each input , provide the corresponding amount entering the facility. If more than 10 inputs, provide the 10 inputs with largest annual tonnage	For each input briefly describe where it is sourced from (associated geographical region)
						Primary	Bauxite	100000	U.S
						Primary	Alumina	200000	U.S
						Secondary	Aluminum containing old scraps	200000	U.S
						Secondary	Aluminum containing new scraps	200000	U.S
						Secondary	Automobile scraps	100000	U.S
						Primary	Nickel ore	100000	Canada
						Secondary	Nickel containing old scraps	50000	Canada
						Secondary	Battery old scraps	1000	U.S
						Secondary	Permanent magnets	1	U.S
						Primary	Rare earth element ore	500	U.S
Critical Materials Outputs (Each applicant MUST fill in input table above used to produce these outputs)						Example of How to Fill Out Critical Materials Outputs (Examples provided here are independent from examples provide in the input table above)
Critical Materials Outputs	Processing (tons)	Refining (tons)	Recycling Output (tons)			Critical Materials	Processing (tons)	Refining (tons)	Recycling Output (tons)	Notes
If other material is produced, enter the material and associated amounts after row 78	If the facility performs any processing (converting ore into high-value concentrate e.g., comminution, dewatering, beneficiation), fill out this column with the average annual output tonnage of the metal or element content contained in the concentrate produced. ( E.g., If you produce a concentrate that contain multiple recoverable critical materials, please calculate each recoverable material content contained in your concetrate and fill out the annual average amount in each respective material below)	If the facility performs any refining at all (converting a concentrate into metal or element e.g., smelting, purifying, reduction), fill out this column with the average annual output tonnage of each respective metal or element produced.	If the facility performs any recycling activities, fill out this column with the average annual output tonnage of the metal or element produced/recovered from the recyling activity.			Example of possible projects	If the facility performs any processing ( converting ore into high-value concentrate e.g., comminution, dewatering, beneficiation), fill out this column with the average annual output tonnage of the metal or element content contained in the concentrate produced. ( E.g., If you produce a concentrate that contain multiple recoverable critical materials, please calculate each recoverable material content contained in your concetrate and fill out the annual average amount in each respective material below)	If the facility performs any refining at all (converting a concentrate into metal or element e.g., smelting, purifying, reduction), fill out this column with the average annual output tonnage of each respective metal or element produced.	If the facility performs any recycling activities, fill out this column with the average annual output tonnage of the metal or element produced/recovered from the recyling activity.	Example of possible scenario of operations
Aluminium						Nickel - Project A	6,000.00	6,000.00	2,500.00	Example of a facility involved all three operations
Antimony						Nickel - Project B	6,000.00		2,500.00	Example of a facility involved in processing and recycling operation only
Arsenic						Nickel - Project C		6,000.00	2,500.00	Example of a facility involved in refining and recycling operations
Barite						Nickel - Project D	6,000.00	6,000.00		Example of a facility involved in recyling and refining operations
Beryllium						Nickel - Project E			2,500.00	Example of a facility involved in recyling operation only
Bismuth						Nickel - Project F	6,000.00			Example of a facility involved in processing only
Cerium
Cesium						Neodymium - Project G	5.00		1.00	Example of a facility that produce multiple critical materials
Chromium						Dysprosium - Project G	0.20		0.10
Cobalt						Cerium - Project G	0.20		0.10
Dysprosium						Cobalt - Project H			500.00	Example of a facility involved in recycling only
Electrical Steel*
Erbium
Europium
Fluorine*
Fluorspar
Gadolinium
Gallium
Germanium
Hafnium
Holmium
Indium
Iridium
Lanthanum
Lithium
Lutetium
Magnesium
Manganese
Neodymium
Nickel
Niobium
Palladium
Platinum
Praseodymium
Rhodium
Rubidium
Ruthenium
Samarium
Scandium
SiC*
Tantalum
Tellurium
Terbium
Thulium
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Uranium*
Vanadium
Ytterbium
Yttrium
Zinc
Zirconium
Other:

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Sheet 3: Commercial Viability

User Input	Calculated or from other tab	Instructions are in yellow boxes next to the corresponding inputs
This worksheet is used to capture information on commercial viability of Clean Energy Manufacturing and Recycling project proposals. Input data and assumptions should be substantiated in and show clear correspondence to applicant's project narrative. Applicant should first fill out the relevant user input (green) cells in the Project Overview tab. Next, applicant should fill out the user input cells in the Supply Chain, Community Benefits and Jobs, Emissions, and Voluntary Disclosure tabs, as well as the yellow tab that is specific to your Technology Area. Data will be extracted from this workbook to compare submissions. Therefore, no cells, rows, or columns should be added.
Section	Applicant Information	Input	Notes
Project to completion	Date Complete Permitting		Automatically populated from "Project Overview" tab.
	Date Begin Construction		Automatically populated from "Project Overview" tab.
	Date Begin Operation		Automatically populated from "Project Overview" tab.
Site selection	Company Name
	City (Facility)
	State (Facility)
	Zip Code (Facility)
Funding availability	Equity (%)		Indicate the percentage equity held by the company in the project.
	Debt (%)		Indicate the percentage of debt owed by the company. Enter 0 if not applicable.
	Equity sources
	Debt sources
	State or local incentives ($)		Indicate amount of state or local incentives received for the project.
	Other federal incentives ($)		Indicate amount of other federal incentives received for the project.
Market overview	Market share
	Expected growth in the next 5 years after production commencement		Indicate the percentage of expected growth rate for the product after 5 years of project commencement.
	End use application or installation of product
Corporate health	Ongoing legal claims (Yes or No)		Indicate if there are any ongoing or expected legal claims related to the project . If selecting Yes, explain in brief.
	Planned debt restructuring (Yes or No)		Indicate any planned debt restructuring. If selecting Yes, explain in brief.
	Other planned corporate actions that may affect completion of project (Yes or No)		Indicate any planned corporate or management actions that can impact the timely completion of the project or can cause the project to be stalled for an extended period of time. If selecting Yes, explain in brief.

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Sheet 4: Workforce Community Engagement

User Input

Calculated or from other tab

Instructions are in yellow boxes next to the corresponding inputs

Please list the direct jobs that will be created during both construction and operations of the facility. For retrofits/reequipped facilities, please list the number of current jobs for the purposes of calculating incremental operating jobs created by the project. Please be as specific as possible. Direct jobs are those jobs represented by the number of people whose work is directly billed to the project. Do not list Indirect Jobs, defined as employees included in the supply chain who are not directly billed to the project. Examples include: - Producers of equipment or services that are used on the project - Accounting or administrative services - End-use installers - Operating jobs unrelated to the project (for a GHG reduction project in a steel facility, do not count steelworkers not working on the GHG reduction) The review team will calculate indirect jobs using a consistent methodology.

Applicant should fill out this section for any construction jobs they anticipate will meet wage and apprenticeship requirements under 48C(e) and corresponding Treasury guidance.

Applicant should fill out this section only if they anticipate that certain construction jobs will not meet prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. If so, they are not guaranteed the 30% credit and should expect to receive a 6% credit or pay penalties.

Current and anticipated operating jobs at the facility. Applicant should fill out the first column for Current FTE only if this is an existing facility.

Construction Jobs - Meeting Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements

Construction Jobs - NOT Meeting Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements

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