Political decisions and trends regarding coal use for electricity generation developed differently in the UK and Germany, despite being subject to relatively similar climate protection targets and general political and economic conditions. The UK agreed on a coal phase-out by 2024. In Germany, a law schedules a coal phase-out by 2038 at the latest. This paper investigates reasons for the different developments and aims to identify main hurdles and drivers of coal phase-outs by using the Triple Embeddedness Framework.

The comparative case study approach reveals that policy outcomes regarding coal consumption are deeply influenced by several actor groups, namely, coal companies, unions, environmental NGOs, and the government. The most discussed aspects of a coal phase-out in both countries are energy security concerns, whether coal is mined domestically, (regional) economic dependence, as well as the relative power of actors with vested interests in coal consumption.

尽管受制于相对相似的气候保护目标以及总体政治和经济状况，但英国和德国关于用于发电的煤炭的政治决策和趋势却有所不同。英国同意在2024年之前逐步淘汰煤炭。在德国，一项法律规定最晚在2038年之前逐步淘汰煤炭。本文调查了不同发展趋势的原因，旨在通过使用“三重嵌入”框架来确定煤炭淘汰的主要障碍和驱动因素。

比较案例研究方法表明，有关煤炭消费的政策结果受到几个参与者团体的深刻影响，这些团体包括煤炭公司，工会，环保非政府组织和政府。两国讨论逐步淘汰燃煤的最主要方面是能源安全问题，是否在国内开采煤炭，（区域）经济依赖性以及对煤炭消费有既得利益的行为者的相对权力。