Thermoelectric Generators

Thermoelectric generators have potential for reliable conversion of heat to electricity. For example, I would

http://www.tegpower.com/

They have a 50watt 12v unit.

If you get 20 and hook them up to a gasifier then you have something that can do useful work. It has one moving part. Which is a small easily replaceable cooling pump. These will last 20+ years and _reliably_ produce power.

=Marcin Comment=

This is excellent. Do you have practical experience with these? Can you lead a design effort to produce a robust, replicable TEG system? The heat sinking and packaging issues are not trivial in terms of making lifetime design systems, so that is why we have stayed away from these.

Are you familiar with how to manufacture these? That would be very valuable information for resilient community enterprise.