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Denmark, Germany and Spain are heading an initiative to help promote the spread of wind and solar energy globally. The initiative was launched at a conference, Clean Energy Ministerial, on July 19-20 in Washington, where ministers from 24 governments participated. 11 initiatives were launched in total, with the aim of accelerating the global transition to clean energy. The news is reported in a press release from the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy and on the Clean Energy Ministerial website. The Minister for Climate and Energy, Lykke Friis, who attended the conference, said that she and her colleagues from countries that jointly account for more than 80% of the world's energy consumption launched a number of projects which will eliminate the need for at least 500 coal-fired power stations in the period up to 2020. The Danish-German-Spanish initiative comprises two initial projects: the Global Solar and Wind Atlas and a Long-Term Strategy on Joint Capacity Building. The aim of these projects is to lower the costs of establishing energy supplies based on solar and wind energy.