Solar energy

Quality:

Solar energy - radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies. Article “Solar energy” in Simple English Wikipedia has 76.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 33 references and 12 sections.

This article has the best quality in Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 231^st most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

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The 523^rd most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 1920^th most popular in all topics.

The 1420^th most popular in AI.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 9587^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

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The 2919^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “Solar energy” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (2919^th place) and written by 14 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Solar energy”, its content was written by 115 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (523^rd place) and edited by 5718 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (1420^th place).

The article is cited 119 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 14232 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #22 in April 2010
• Global: #60 in July 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #95 in November 2017
• Global: #471 in April 2008

There are 52 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	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Sunčeva energija		100
2	Croatian (hr) Sunčeva energija		97.6471
3	Indonesian (id) Energi surya		95.7429
4	English (en) Solar energy		93.6499
5	Portuguese (pt) Energia solar		92.7091
6	Chinese (zh) 太阳能		91.094
7	Korean (ko) 태양 에너지		88.8462
8	Armenian (hy) Արևային էներգիա		83.9535
9	Vietnamese (vi) Năng lượng Mặt Trời		83.2104
10	French (fr) Énergie solaire		82.8524

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Solar energy		19 854 334
2	Spanish (es) Energía solar		15 783 090
3	Portuguese (pt) Energia solar		5 203 238
4	French (fr) Énergie solaire		3 420 920
5	Arabic (ar) طاقة شمسية		3 406 799
6	German (de) Sonnenenergie		3 013 316
7	Italian (it) Energia solare		1 920 480
8	Thai (th) พลังงานแสงอาทิตย์		1 531 974
9	Hindi (hi) सौर ऊर्जा		1 443 777
10	Turkish (tr) Güneş enerjisi		1 412 990

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Solar energy		9 835
2	Spanish (es) Energía solar		4 102
3	German (de) Sonnenenergie		2 318
4	French (fr) Énergie solaire		1 545
5	Chinese (zh) 太阳能		1 282
6	Persian (fa) انرژی خورشیدی		1 133
7	Portuguese (pt) Energia solar		918
8	Italian (it) Energia solare		915
9	Dutch (nl) Zonne-energie		781
10	Russian (ru) Солнечная энергия		607

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Solar energy		1 426
2	French (fr) Énergie solaire		507
3	German (de) Sonnenenergie		381
4	Spanish (es) Energía solar		356
5	Italian (it) Energia solare		288
6	Hebrew (he) אנרגיה סולארית		219
7	Portuguese (pt) Energia solar		214
8	Dutch (nl) Zonne-energie		182
9	Chinese (zh) 太阳能		166
10	Swedish (sv) Solenergi		133

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Énergie solaire		3
2	Spanish (es) Energía solar		2
3	Arabic (ar) طاقة شمسية		1
4	Danish (da) Solenergi		1
5	Persian (fa) انرژی خورشیدی		1
6	Croatian (hr) Sunčeva energija		1
7	Indonesian (id) Energi surya		1
8	Russian (ru) Солнечная энергия		1
9	Simple English (simple) Solar energy		1
10	Slovak (sk) Slnečná energia		1

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

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