Thus, Beijing became the first big city of achieving the full network of natural gasification in the Chinese mainland.

As far as technologically and economically possible, they intend to use high efficiency technologies for power production from coal, including supercritical steam technology, integrated coal gasification combined cycle and fluidized bed technology.

A number of current technological developments offer promising steps in the right direction (for example, cogeneration of heat and power based on gas turbines and combined cycles emerging microturbine and fuel cell technologies and coal gasification to make syngas ).

On May 15, Gao Jianmin, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, surveyed Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development Group in respect of the company s work in accelerating the integrated management of the gasification of Shanxi and coalbed methane resources

Yet all of these problems can be solved, especially if we make the needed investments in research and development. Gasification of coal allows for the removal of dangerous pollutants, and coal can already be converted to gasoline at low cost a South African company is beginning to bring that technology to China on a large scale.