Buchdahl star is the most compact object without an event horizon and is an excellent candidate for a black hole mimicker. Unlike black holes, rotating Buchdahl star can beover-extremal with respect to the black hole, sustaining a larger spin. We show that it can also develop an ergosphere above the threshold spin beta > 1/root 2, which allows extractionof its rotational energy. Electromagnetic field around Buch-dahl star is also expected to differ from that of black hole in both strength and topology. In this paper, we explore the energetics of Buchdahl star focusing on the magnetic Pen-rose process in the two magnetic field configurations, i.e.,uniform and dipole. Below the threshold spin, Buchdahl staris expected to be quiet, while above the threshold it can be much more efficient than the black hole if a dipolar magnetic field is developed on its surface