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.

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.

Carbon dioxide emissions In thermal WtE technologies, nearly all of the carbon content in the waste is emitted as carbon dioxide () to the atmosphere (when including final combustion of the products from pyrolysis and gasification except when producing bio char for fertilizer).