Inexhaustible Energy
At Tilghman Atlantic, we are innovating commercial real estate for the future of abundant, clean and cheap energy. Our commercial real estate niche is a result of actualizing the Tilghman Atlantic vision – to harness energy from inexhaustible and renewable sources while producing, consuming and distributing this carbon/fission-free energy on location.
This innovation in commercial real estate is necessary and is the most effective plan for the future of energy.
Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) are the current trend regarding sustainable energy and mitigating carbon dioxide effects on climate change. Energy Conservation Measures still utilize a centralized grid powered by carbon-based fuels; therefore, this trend must be considered a temporary countermeasure opposed to a sustainable energy plan for our future.
In the last 30 years, we have seen a growing popularity in energy conservation. Effective energy conservation has been a quick fix for mitigating CO2 pollution and complications with under capacity of the central grid system. Demand Response, Load Shedding, Energy Star, and LEED Certifications have been useful in temporarily managing demand issues and reducing the effects that hydrocarbons have on the environment. According to an IEA report in 2012, world consumption of energy has doubled between 1971 and 2010. Considering this documented trend of increased global energy consumption, an increasing global population, expansion of emerging markets and a growing information age, how can an energy conservation model continue to work?
The sustainable solution:
Tilghman Atlantic believes that the future of energy is the exponential production of clean and abundant energy harnessed from inexhaustible and renewable sources right within a commercial building’s footprint.
We produce non-fission, carbon-free energy, so the act of harnessing, producing and distributing our energy is not harmful to humans in any way. Hurricanes can be described as the most powerful energy engines on earth yet hurricanes mysteriously defy the laws of thermodynamics. Recent hurricane research challenges that hurricanes do NOT operate as Carnot heat engines. Depending on the size and category, hurricanes can generate 55-650 terawatts of energy exchanges from simply operating on gravity, seawater, and solar (ocean heat). The net energy hurricanes produce far exceeds the energy in their ambient fuel sources; thus, hurricanes defy the laws of thermodynamics. The total energy a hurricane can produce in one day is an order of magnitude of the total power consumption of the human world in one year! If one hurricane can generate that much power from gravity, seawater and solar energy then why is it not possible for a building to generate enough energy from those same sources to supply its own demand, and provide enough energy to distribute to neighboring buildings? Tilghman Atlantic makes this concept a tangible reality! We look to the same fuel sources the hurricane uses to generate its energy—creating pure, raw power that keeps people safe and our planet clean.
In 1888, Thomas Edison created the first coal powered turbine generator on Pearl Street, in Lower Manhattan. The generator powered streetlights, homes, business, and factories. This development in technology was crucial in the modern industrialized world. In fact, since this development, nothing has changed. Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear Fission all produce electricity from Rankine Cycle or steam generated turbines transmitted over power lines. With TilghmanKraftwerk® we plan to introduce a new platform for energy generation in the same area as Edison’s discovery. We would like to build a prototype of this technology in Lower Manhattan.
At an average cost of $.27 per kilowatt-hour, the poor are forced to deal with high-energy costs in NYC. Electric rates are capped and are expected to rise in 2017. Electric providers are trapped between diminishing capacity with the decommissioning of Indian Creek Nuclear Plant and updating transmission lines that are in poor condition. New York power providers cannot increase capacity and improve their transmission infrastructure without raising rates and receiving taxpayer assistance from the Federal and State governments.
Our approach is to help meet the challenges of electric distribution first in New York City by installing a non-carbon building integrated renewable energy generation system that breeds fuel for mass-energy conversion. This system will produce 200 MW of base-load power that can be distributed to the surrounding local communities. This new approach is a cheap and safe solution to our energy challenges.