To provide a power plant which is capable of improving the drive
efficiency and power generation efficiency when electric power is
generated using power of the drive part thereof.In a power plant (1), an
output shaft (3a) of an internal combustion engine (3) is connected to
driven parts DW and DW, and a transmission (20) is connected between the
output shaft (3a) of the engine (3) and the driven parts DW and DW, while
one of first to third elements (31), (32), and (34) of a planetary gear
train (30) is connected between the output shaft (3a) of the engine (3)
and the transmission (20), another one of the first to third elements to
the output portion (42) of the generator-motor (40), and the remaining
one of the same to the driven parts DW and DW.