Pervasive Power Generation System

A power module comprising:

• an environmentally-sealed housing having an interior volume;
• a plurality of circuit boards positioned in a stacked arrangement and electrically interconnected, the plurality of circuit boards each including:
• a power conditioning circuit coupled to one or more energy conversion devices, the power conditioning circuit configured to receive power signals from the one or more energy conversion devices and store power in a rechargeable energy storage system;
• a selection circuit coupled to a power signal of the power conditioning circuit and to a second power signal, the selection circuit generating an output power signal representing a selection from between the power signal of the power conditioning circuit and the second power signal based on a relative voltage level of the power signal and the second power signal.

A power generation method, comprising:

• generating a plurality of power signals based on one or more sensed environmental conditions;
• selecting, from the power signals, a first output signal corresponding to the one of the power signals having the greatest power level of the plurality of power signals;
• and
• selectively switching to a second output signal when the first output signal is no longer the one of the power signals having the greatest power level of the plurality of power signals.