The program, which will be based on EESTech’s Hybrid Coal Gas Turbine (HCGT) system, uses methane and waste coal to produce clean energy.

The technology was originally developed by a leading Australian government research facility to demonstrate the conversion of coal mine methane and waste coal to clean energy.

Company CEO Murray Bailey said the study was required for site selection, plant sizing, determining methane emission volumes and project costs to support the necessary commercial agreements prior to the deployment of the HCGT system.

“EESTech in collaboration with China’s coal industry will demonstrate the benefits of the HCGT system, becoming a leading reference site supporting the commercial validation of waste to energy and the ability to provide cost-effective clean energy,” Bailey said.

A standard 10-megawatt HCGT plant generates clean coal energy using ventilated coal mine methane and can produce up to 1 million carbon credits per year.

EESTech, which is publicly traded on the US Bulletin Board and operates a technical facility in Brisbane, Australia, obtained the Asia-Pacific rights to the HTC Purenergy Carbon Capture technology in December last year.

The HTC technology includes the world's first pre-engineered, modular, 1000 tonne per day carbon capture system, known as the "CCS Purenergy Series", which when integrated with the HCGT utilises waste coal and methane to produce the energy required for carbon capture, meaning that the cost of carbon capture is significantly reduced.