TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INSTRUMENTATION AND TESTING - Preferred Components: The current intensity of the electrolyzer is 50 mA.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: In the first stage the carbon/catalyst mole ratio is 80/1, and the gases generated at the first stage are converted in the second stage at 200-220 degrees C and under a pressure of 150-180 bars to produce hydrogen with a purity of 90-93%, thus achieving a total carbon conversion of 70%. The step of gasification is carried out over a catalyst based on aluminum oxide with applied nickel (2-4%) and molybdenum (8-12%), supplied to the first stage gasification reactor together with a water-coal suspension with a mole ratio of carbon/metal nickel of 180-190, so that a carbon conversion of 3-20% per pass is achieved, and at the second stage the generated gases are converted at 280 degrees C and under the pressure of 150 bars into methane with carbon dioxide and nitrogen mixture in the quantity of 10-27%, with a hydrogen and carbon conversion of 95-100 and 65-75% respectively. In the first stage the initial suspension is converted with an alkali metal catalyst, thus gases with the hydrogen/carbon dioxide mole ratio 2.8-6.4 is produced, and the second stage generates 1-4C alcohols with the weight ratio of 1-2C to 3-4C of 60-80% to 40-20% with the complete conversion of hydrogen and 75% carbon dioxide conversion. The first stage further employs an electrolyzer having a power of 0.25 W, that generates reactive hydroxy species which function as a catalyst and are supplied to the reactive zone, where the water-coal mixture has a volume velocity of 0.01-0.05 g of carbon for 1 cm3 of the reactor space per hour, the carbon conversion reaches 2-10% and the technical carbon generates 95-97%, and in the second stage the generated gases with the mole ratio of hydrogen/carbon dioxide is 1.7-2.2 and allows for the generation of 1-4C alcohols at 240-270 degrees C and under the pressure of 100 bars with the weight ratio of 1-2C and 3-4C of 70-100% to 30-0% with the complete hydrogen conversion and 75% carbon dioxide conversion. The hydrogen and carbon conversions in stage 2 are 90-100% and 60-80% respectively. Preferred Components: The carbonaceous wastes includes coals, slate stones, peat, low-grade oil and oil pitches, residues of renewable biomass, organic agricultural wastes, wood wastes and/or chemical wastes. The gases generated in the first stage gases include hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and nitrogen. The catalyst of the first stage is in the form of hydroxide. The catalyst of the second stage is a copper-zinc-aluminum catalyst. The catalyst is present in at 1-5 wt.%, based upon the weight of the carbonaceous compounds. The carbon/catalyst ratio is 75/1. The carbonaceous compound is an aqueous suspension and the carbonaceous compound is present in an amount of at least 30 wt.%. EXAMPLE - Coal suspension in water (30%) without a catalyst was supplied into a reactor for 6 hours with the consumption of 5 g of coal/hour. The reaction was carried out at 390-450 degrees C. The gas generated in the reactor of the second stage was converted at 240-270?C. The pressure in the reactor of the first stage was 240 bars and second stage was 100 bars. The reaction mixture was worked up to give synthetic fuel products.