The goal of the project is to spark infrastructure independent energy solutions - the stirling engine is flexible enough to run off of any type of heat (gas, wood, solar, etc). Stirlings can be very efficient, but, on top of that you're eliminating the transmission loss. You'd need both, some type of alternator, and some type of heat capacitor (fire box) to get the steady feed your talking about, but the first step is to complete the engine development.