OTEC

Ocean thermal energy conversion - renewable energy technology. Article “OTEC” in Dutch Wikipedia has 36.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 17 references and 8 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Dutch) language version.

Since the creation of article “OTEC”, its content was written by 8 registered users of Dutch Wikipedia and edited by 856 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 5 times in Dutch Wikipedia and cited 2174 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Dutch): #2214 in November 2016
• Global: #5370 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Dutch): #67508 in November 2016
• Global: #48109 in April 2011

There are 29 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Ocean thermal energy conversion		78.2702
2	Indonesian (id) Konversi energi termal lautan		41.2534
3	Chinese (zh) 海水溫差發電		38.3129
4	Dutch (nl) OTEC		36.161
5	Croatian (hr) Konverzija termalne energije oceana		34.6312
6	French (fr) Énergie thermique des mers		34.4763
7	German (de) Meereswärmekraftwerk		33.5033
8	Japanese (ja) 海洋温度差発電		31.8522
9	Finnish (fi) Merilämpövoimala		23.9337
10	Ukrainian (uk) Перетворення теплової енергії океану		22.3353

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "OTEC" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ocean thermal energy conversion		2 202 058
2	Japanese (ja) 海洋温度差発電		451 613
3	Spanish (es) Energía maremotérmica		241 996
4	German (de) Meereswärmekraftwerk		213 753
5	French (fr) Énergie thermique des mers		206 586
6	Chinese (zh) 海水溫差發電		159 615
7	Polish (pl) OTEC		143 080
8	Indonesian (id) Konversi energi termal lautan		82 602
9	Italian (it) Energia talassotermica		77 199
10	Russian (ru) Энергия температурного градиента морской воды		41 347

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "OTEC" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ocean thermal energy conversion		1 920
2	Japanese (ja) 海洋温度差発電		454
3	Chinese (zh) 海水溫差發電		293
4	German (de) Meereswärmekraftwerk		162
5	French (fr) Énergie thermique des mers		128
6	Spanish (es) Energía maremotérmica		85
7	Simple English (simple) Ocean thermal energy conversion		62
8	Italian (it) Energia talassotermica		52
9	Polish (pl) OTEC		47
10	Persian (fa) تبدیل انرژی گرمایی اقیانوس		37

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "OTEC" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ocean thermal energy conversion		346
2	German (de) Meereswärmekraftwerk		105
3	French (fr) Énergie thermique des mers		101
4	Japanese (ja) 海洋温度差発電		54
5	Spanish (es) Energía maremotérmica		40
6	Italian (it) Energia talassotermica		27
7	Polish (pl) OTEC		26
8	Croatian (hr) Konverzija termalne energije oceana		18
9	Chinese (zh) 海水溫差發電		17
10	Finnish (fi) Merilämpövoimala		14

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "OTEC" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ocean thermal energy conversion		3
2	Arabic (ar) طاقة حرارية من المحيط		1
3	Croatian (hr) Konverzija termalne energije oceana		1
4	Catalan (ca) Energia marina de diferències de temperatura		0
5	German (de) Meereswärmekraftwerk		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Marovarma centralo		0
7	Spanish (es) Energía maremotérmica		0
8	Basque (eu) Energia maremotermiko		0
9	Persian (fa) تبدیل انرژی گرمایی اقیانوس		0
10	Finnish (fi) Merilämpövoimala		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "OTEC" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Ocean thermal energy conversion		940
2	Persian (fa) تبدیل انرژی گرمایی اقیانوس		251
3	Japanese (ja) 海洋温度差発電		200
4	French (fr) Énergie thermique des mers		186
5	Chinese (zh) 海水溫差發電		174
6	Turkish (tr) Okyanus ısıl enerji dönüşümü		84
7	Korean (ko) 해양 온도차 발전		68
8	Portuguese (pt) Conversão de energia térmica oceânica		55
9	Norwegian (no) Havvarmekraft		46
10	Swedish (sv) Havsvärmekraft		45

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic طاقة حرارية من المحيط
ca	Catalan Energia marina de diferències de temperatura
de	German Meereswärmekraftwerk
en	English Ocean thermal energy conversion
eo	Esperanto Marovarma centralo
es	Spanish Energía maremotérmica
eu	Basque Energia maremotermiko
fa	Persian تبدیل انرژی گرمایی اقیانوس
fi	Finnish Merilämpövoimala
fr	French Énergie thermique des mers
hr	Croatian Konverzija termalne energije oceana
id	Indonesian Konversi energi termal lautan
it	Italian Energia talassotermica
ja	Japanese 海洋温度差発電
ko	Korean 해양 온도차 발전
nl	Dutch OTEC
no	Norwegian Havvarmekraft
pl	Polish OTEC
pt	Portuguese Conversão de energia térmica oceânica
ro	Romanian Conversia energiei termice a oceanelor
ru	Russian Энергия температурного градиента морской воды
sh	Serbo-Croatian Konverzija termalne energije okeana
simple	Simple English Ocean thermal energy conversion
sl	Slovenian Oceanska termalna elektrarna
sv	Swedish Havsvärmekraft
tr	Turkish Okyanus ısıl enerji dönüşümü
uk	Ukrainian Перетворення теплової енергії океану
ur	Urdu سمندر کی حرارتی توانائی کی تبدیلی
zh	Chinese 海水溫差發電

Best Rank

Dutch: #67508 11.2016

Global: #48109 04.2011

Best Rank

Dutch: #2214 11.2016

Global: #5370 01.2005

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