Paywalled but if it’s about geothermal or some sort of tied heated system, no (at least meaningfully). Electricity is work. Anytime you convert heat into work,

Paywalled but if it’s about geothermal or some sort of tied heated system, no (at least meaningfully). Electricity is work. Anytime you convert heat into work, you pay the entropy tax, aka Carnot efficiency. Whenever you have heat or a source of heat dump, it’s always better to use it as heat rather than work.