I think Seebeck junctions are neat. A friend has one sitting on his wood stove powering a little fan. But you're not going replace a solar system. Example syste

I think Seebeck junctions are neat. A friend has one sitting on his wood stove powering a little fan. But you're not going replace a solar system. Example systems in the article produce 10s of watts. If you're running your stove all day (ie winter) that's replacing the output of maybe one 100W solar panel. In the summer when you want to use your stove as little as possible solar will be a much better proposition. Now if you convert your wood stove into a gasifier and drive a converted diesel generator... That be would something viable, a ton more complexity and maintenance but at least you'd have abundant power.