Investment Tax Credit Intelligence

Know Your Credits
Before You Build

AI-powered site scoring for Section 48C, Section 45X, and energy community investment tax credits. Most operators leave hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table because nobody ran the numbers before ground broke.

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The Numbers

A $1M unit becomes a $632K unit.

That's not a discount or a subsidy. It's federal tax credits your site already qualifies for — sold to corporate tax buyers at installation.

Section 48C equipment credit

$300,000

30% of capex

Energy community bonus

+$100,000

where DOE designation applies

Total credit stack

$400,000

at installation

Cash at 92 cents on the dollar

$368,000

settled at installation

Effective unit cost

$632,000

instead of $1,000,000

45X production credits

Ongoing

per kg of qualifying output, in perpetuity

Example based on a $1M EWRS deployment in a DOE-designated energy community. Actual amounts vary by site and equipment type.

Credit Categories

Four credit categories. One assessment.

Most operators know about 48C. Most miss 45X. Almost nobody has modeled energy community and brownfield bonuses on top of both. We score all four simultaneously.

Section 48C

$300K

per $1M unit

Advanced Energy Equipment Credit

30% of qualified equipment capex at installation. For energy recovery systems, battery manufacturing, and critical mineral processing facilities.

Section 45X

Ongoing

per kg of output

Advanced Manufacturing Credit

Per-kilogram production credit on battery-grade lithium carbonate, solar components, and other qualifying manufactured materials. Ongoing — every barrel processed.

Energy Community Bonus

+$100K

where applicable

DOE Designation Bonus

Additional 10% credit for deployments in DOE-designated energy communities. Applies on top of 48C equipment credits where applicable.

Brownfield Bonus

Varies

per site

Site Remediation Bonus

Additional credit for deployments on previously contaminated or brownfield sites. Often overlooked — and frequently stackable with 48C and energy community credits.

The Process

Score, execute, collect.

01

Submit your site

Tell us what you're deploying and where. Equipment type, estimated capex, formation data if you have it. Takes about five minutes.

02

We score the credit stack

ITC Intelligence runs your site against all applicable federal credit categories — 48C, 45X, energy community, brownfield. You get back a scored eligibility report with dollar amounts attached.

03

Credits get executed

Our execution team guides you through IRS Forms 695 and 481. Credits are sold to tax equity investors through Carbonix at 92 cents on the dollar, settled at installation.

Full process breakdown

The ROI shrinks. The output stays the same.

An 11-month payback model built on a $1M effective unit cost becomes a 7-month model at $632K. That's the same deployment, same output, same revenue stream. Just a different starting number on the capital stack.

And that's before 45X production credits start compounding on every kilogram of battery-grade material you produce. Those don't stop.

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Who It's For

Three types of deployments. One platform.

Energy Recovery Systems

EWRS operators deploying produced water recovery and lithium extraction units. The $1M to $632K math was built for this.

Advanced Manufacturers

Torque tube producers, solar module manufacturers, battery component makers. 45X generates credits per kilogram on every production run.

Renewable Energy Developers

Projects in DOE-designated energy communities. Energy community bonuses stack on top of base equipment credits and are frequently missed.

Full use case breakdowns