Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-12481512-20130717104617/@comment-24349111-20140613092437

DarthOrc wrote: The alloys are not all that remarkable, metallurgy on Mundus have ben able to produce similar alloys for many years, if the consumer is willing to pay for them. The real achievement is their power supply - even nuclear powered devices would have run down after the thousands of years since the Dwemer walked Nirn.

Well, they seem to be mostly using Soul Gem-powered devices. (Filled) Soul Gems seem to be an almost infinite source of energy.

Also, I think there are Dwemer Generators in ESO (to be exact, Stros M'kai).