TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: The synthesis gas is produced by air-blown gasification of a solid fuel. The catalytic conversion to the oxygenate mixture in step (a) is carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising oxides of copper, zinc and/or aluminum, and combined with a solid acid. The catalytic conversion of methanol, dimethyl ether and/or higher alcohols comprised in the oxygenate mixture to the liquid phase comprising hydrocarbons in step (c) is carried out in the presence of a zeolite catalyst. Preferred Components: The solid fuel is composed of biomass. The solid fuel is bituminous coal, lignite and/or petroleum coke. The inert gas comprises nitrogen and argon. The liquid comprising hydrocarbons comprises 2-10C hydrocarbons. The synthesis gas additionally comprises carbon dioxide. The synthesis gas has a molecular molar ratio between hydrogen and carbon monoxide of less than 1.5 (preferably approximately 1-10) and a molar ratio between carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide of less than 10 (preferably approximately 1-4). The synthesis gas additionally comprises at least 15 vol.% carbon dioxide. EXAMPLE - Synthesis gas (comprising in mole%: hydrogen (27.8); water (0.1); carbon monoxide (27.7); carbon dioxide (7.6); nitrogen (36.1); and 1-2C hydrocarbon (0.7)) as obtained by air-blown gasification of a solid fuel was fed to a boiling water oxygenate reactor at a pressure of 4 MPa to produce a reaction methanol containing and 1,2-dimethoxyethane containing mixture at an exit temperature of 250 degrees C. The effluent from the oxygenate reactor was passed to the gasoline reactor where methanol and 1,2-dimethoxyethane were converted into 2-10C hydrocarbons and water and the resulting stream was cooled to 5 degrees C, causing the effluent to separate into a gaseous phase, a liquid phase of raw gasoline and a liquid phase of water. The gaseous phase was combusted with air in the combustor to generate heat and power. The liquid phase was processed to give gasoline.