https://www.instituteforenergyresear...any-turn-coal/
Germany reliant on brown coal ( lignite found in shallow mines ) which is high in sulphur and twice as high in carbon emissions than the ' deep' harder coal from deep mines.. France also will probably be phasing out nuclear and using more coal as base load fuel. All very well using renewables but they are intermittent, unreliable and any industrial country cannot base their energy supply on them....
We are a small player in the emissions field ( <2% of global emissions ) and have some of the highest energy costs around, which is why British Steel got into trouble with being competitive.