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Fascinating for me, I have no knowledge about electricity generation.

Any electric motor can be a generator of electricity.

"Steam turbine generators, gas turbine generators, diesel engine generators, alternate energy systems (except photovoltaics), even nuclear power plants all operate on the same principle - magnets plus copper wire plus motion equals electric current. The electricity produced is the same, regardless of source."
http://www.electricityforum.com/electricity-generation.html

A simple power source is a wood stove with water running through copper tubing, boiling water to produce steam.
A steam engine.
I've never experimented with the idea but any gas engine could be used as a steam driven source for power.
Steam energy should be used on the up-stroke and then on the down stroke.
Mechanical valves were used in steam locomotives.