Plasma architecture01
Field-Reversed Configuration
A compact, high-beta plasma topology being developed for magnetic confinement, pulsed operation and a pathway toward advanced fuels.
Start a conversationAdvanced fusion research platform
Taking on the problems others avoid
Solving Earth's hardest energy problems.
Power, propulsion and infrastructure.TilghmanKraftwerk is advancing OMER‑III, a field-reversed configuration fusion concept integrating advanced plasma control, aneutronic fuel-cycle research and direct energy conversion.
PlatformFRC
Fuel researchp–¹¹B
ConversionDirect
Conceptual OMER‑III visualization
01 / Mission
Advanced energy for difficult environments
Energy abundance is an engineering problem—and we intend to solve it.
TilghmanKraftwerk is focused on the hardest parts of the energy system: compact generation, plasma stability, high-density power, direct conversion, industrial deployment and the extension of reliable power beyond Earth.
02 / OMER‑III
One platform. Three connected problems.
OMER‑III is organized as a staged experimental program. Each subsystem must be modeled, measured and validated before commercial performance claims can be established.
Fuel pathway02
Aneutronic Research
A staged research program centered on proton–boron-11 concepts, with intermediate experiments designed to retire the hardest physics risks first.
Power architecture03
Direct Energy Conversion
A long-term approach intended to convert charged-particle energy into electricity while reducing dependence on conventional thermal cycles.
03 / Experimental infrastructure
Built to turn hypotheses into measurements
A serious laboratory for a serious engineering problem.
The development environment is conceived around high-vacuum systems, pulsed power, magnet assemblies, plasma diagnostics, controls, materials testing and disciplined configuration management.
Conceptual laboratory visualization
04 / Development path
Evidence before escalation
A program built around measurable gates.
The program advances only when the data closes the preceding question. This turns a very ambitious endpoint into a sequence of bounded engineering decisions.
Stage 01
Model
Physics basis, digital twin, boundary conditions and failure-mode definition.
Stage 02
Validate
Component rigs for plasma formation, magnets, pulsed power, vacuum and diagnostics.
Stage 03
Integrate
A controlled prototype campaign with traceable engineering requirements.
Stage 04
Scale
Commercial and space-system architecture informed by measured prototype data.
05 / TilghieSpace
Power beyond the grid
The same energy problem—without a horizon.
TilghieSpace extends the OMER‑III research architecture toward high-density space power, electric propulsion and long-duration infrastructure. These are future applications dependent on successful terrestrial validation.
Enter TilghieSpace06 / Proposed campus
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Advanced energy and space manufacturing under one roof.
The proposed Atlantic City Advanced Energy & Space Manufacturing Campus is intended to unite prototype assembly, test operations, direct-conversion research and space-system integration in a single waterfront industrial environment.
Facility plans remain subject to acquisition, financing, permitting and program validation.
07 / Leadership
Founder & Chief Innovator
Michael R. Tilghman, Jr.
TilghmanKraftwerk brings together fusion research, energy systems, commercial real estate development and infrastructure strategy. The company's thesis is direct: the physical environment for innovation matters as much as the device being developed inside it.
08 / Contact
Scientific, institutional and strategic inquiries
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