Whoa! First of all, Pluto is fascinated by this core life energy stuff! From Lucius' description, it sounds like this world's "light" (including both the bonfire and the lanterns) is the same as Lucius' "life energy". Sadly, she's not an expert in the life energy side of things—that's more Dr. Solis' field. Pluto won't be able to do much with the core in terms of experimentation.

The energy generator idea is a neat option, and Pluto says she might be willing to talk about that in the future. Her station's rigged in a pretty specific way, though, so switching power sources might not be feasible. Womp womp.