Do you have any recommendations?

Hell yeah

That is exactly what they are though. Fossil fuel generators burn coal and oil to boil water, nuclear fission reactors use uranium to boil water, and nuclear fusion generators use really hot water to boil water. the only exceptions are renewables, cause they turn the turbine directly instead of using steam to do it.

My dad once programmed an installer, what does that make him?

There’s quite a few well made Chinese products nowadays, especially in certain niche tech hobbies.