Catalytic decomposition of ethanol in the presence of steam over Pd supported on a porous carbonaceous material was studied. XPS and TEM were used for the catalyst characterization. Experiments were performed under atmospheric pressure, temperature of 320-360degreesC and H2O/C2H5OH molar ratio 8.1. It was found that the catalyst exhibited a high activity and long-term stability for the ethanol decomposition into a gas mixture containing carbon oxides, methane and hydrogen.