A hybrid power plant for CO2-neutral and self-sufficient energy supply of an area comprising one or more energy consumers (15) (16) and one or more sources of biomass (24), comprising
- one or more plants for the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources (1) (2),
- at least one electrolyzer (10) for the generation of hydrogen,
- at least one high-pressure pump for compression of the biomass to 25 to 35 MPa,
- at least one reactor (3) for supercritical hydrothermal gasification of biomass in the absence of oxygen, wherein biomass is converted into synthesis gas comprising hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane,
- at least one gas processing plant (4),
- at least two storages for storing energy carriers (6) (7) (9), wherein at least one storage is a hydrogen storage (6) and at least one storage is a methane storage (7),
- at least one plant for recovery of electricity from stored energy carriers (13) (14),
- wherein at least one of the plants for generation of electricity from renewable energy sources (1) (2) is connected to the one energy consumer (15) (16) of the area for supplying energy to the one energy consumer, or wherein at least one of the plants for generation of electricity from renewable energy source (1) (2) is connected to the multiple energy consumers (15) (16) of the area for supplying energy to the multiple energy consumers, and
- at least one of the plants for generating electricity from renewable energy sources (1) (2) is connected to the at least one electrolyzer (10) for conversion of electricity generated from renewable energy sources into the energy carrier hydrogen, and
- wherein at least one of the plants for generation of electricity from renewable energy sources (1) (2) is connected to the reactor (3) for conversion of the biomass and electricity generated from renewable energy sources into synthesis gas, and
- wherein the reactor (3) is connected to at least one storage for storing energy carriers for storing the synthesis gas produced by conversion of biomass and electricity from renewable energy sources, or for storing parts of the produced synthesis gas, and
- wherein the source of biomass (24) is selected or, if present, the multiple sources of biomass (24) are selected from
- at least one energy consumer (15) (16) of the area producing biomass, or
- at least one other source of biomass (24) comprised in the area, or
- at least one energy consumer (15) (16) of the area producing biomass and at least one other source of biomass (24) comprised in the area, and
- wherein
- the reactor (3) is connected to the at least one energy consumer (15) (16) of the area producing biomass, or
- the reactor (3) is connected to the at least one other source of biomass (24) comprised in the area, or
- the reactor (3) is connected to the at least one energy consumer (15) (16) of the area producing biomass and to the at least one other source of biomass (24) comprised in the area, and
- wherein the high-pressure pump is located between the source of biomass (24) and the reactor (3), and
- wherein the at least one gas processing plant (4) comprises means for separating hydrogen from the produced synthesis gas and means for separating methane from the synthesis gas,
- wherein said at least one plant for recovery of electricity from stored energy carrier (13) (14) is connected to the one or more energy consumers (15) (16) comprised in the area and to the reactor (3) for energy supply adapted to demand,
- where the area's energy supply is independent of fossil energy sources and electricity from nuclear fuels.