NOVELTY - The method involves coupling a side of a thermodynamic engine (548) e.g. two-piston stirling engine, different from another side to an environmental cooling loop (564) in thermal contact with an environmental cooling device (560). The thermodynamic engine is operated to dispense heat from the former side of the thermodynamic engine through the environmental cooling loop into the environmental cooling device, where operation of the thermodynamic engine generates non-heat form of energy from temperature difference created between the sides of the thermodynamic engine.    USE - Method for generating power from radiant solar, for grid-tied and off-the-grid structures in larger structure e.g. office building, warehouse and apartment building, and commercial application. Can also be used for an aerospace application.    ADVANTAGE - The method enables allowing supplementary systems to augment overall performance of a cooling loop, thus improving conversion efficiency of the thermodynamic engine and enabling higher output powers when used in addition to the environmental cooling device. The method enables allowing hot-and cold-side thermal storage to increase overall capacity factor of the thermodynamic engine with greater increases obtainable by including thermal storage in both environmental loops, thus allowing overall system to be designed for average loading instead of peak loading, and hence permitting system to be smaller and more cost effective. The method enables storing incoming solar heat during day rather than using the heat to run the engine when the environmental cooling temperature is high such that the stored heat is used to operate the engine in evening and night when the environmental cooling temperature is low, thus increasing efficiency with which the heat energy is transformed into mechanical work.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The environmental cooling device comprises a device selected from a group consisting of a ground loop chiller, an air-radiation device, a building foundation device, a body of water device, pavement device, and concrete device. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a system for generating power, comprising a thermodynamic engine.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a system for generating power.    Thermal storage (528)    Ambient heating system (532)    Thermodynamic engine (548)    Environmental cooling device (560)    Environmental cooling loop (564)