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Live· Updated 25 Aug 2026, 4:28 pm IST

Clean power is having a strong day — today's peak (49.7%) is 5.3 points above yesterday's

Right now, clean sources are supplying 40.9% of India's electricity.

Clean Energy Share Right Now

40.9%

3.5 pts vs yesterday's peak

Today's Peak

49.7%

25 Aug 2026, 1:24 pm IST

Yesterday's Peak

44.4%

All-Time Record

53.6%

13 Jul 2026, 12:24 pm IST

Current Demand

244 GW

Today's Story

What happened

Clean sources are supplying 40.9% of India's electricity right now, against 56.8% from thermal, with demand at 244 GW. Today's peak clean share so far is 5.3 points above yesterday's peak.

Why it happened

Renewable output is easing, having reached 90.0 GW today — solar and wind track the sun, so clean share moves in a curve through the day, not a flat number. Thermal — coal and lignite combined — keeps running as the grid's baseload, while hydro at 25.7 GW is what operators lean on to smooth the swings in between.

What to watch next

Demand typically peaks around 3:30 PM, the moment the grid leans hardest on thermal — watch whether clean share holds through that window.

Tracked using MERIT India, the Ministry of Power's own live grid dashboard, refreshed every five minutes.

30-Day Clean Share Trend

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Daily clean energy share: peak and average percent
DatePeak %Average %
2026-07-2649.334.1
2026-07-2745.130.4
2026-07-2850.533.6
2026-07-2949.533.2
2026-07-3049.132.5
2026-07-3150.633.8
2026-08-0150.834.5
2026-08-0248.533.3
2026-08-0349.533.0
2026-08-0448.432.4
2026-08-0549.734.4
2026-08-0650.734.9
2026-08-0750.636.1
2026-08-0849.234.6
2026-08-0948.534.8
2026-08-1050.933.7
2026-08-1148.431.6
2026-08-1246.430.9
2026-08-1348.232.2
2026-08-1451.234.2
2026-08-1548.834.1
2026-08-1650.534.9
2026-08-1751.234.8
2026-08-1851.134.9
2026-08-1950.934.0
2026-08-2051.733.5
2026-08-2150.633.1
2026-08-2251.533.7
2026-08-2347.832.1
2026-08-2444.431.0
2026-08-2549.735.4

Highest Clean Share (Ever)

53.6%

13 Jul 2026, 12:24 pm IST

Highest Renewable Generation (Ever)

103.4 GW

13 Jul 2026, 12:24 pm IST

Combines solar and wind — reported together by India's grid operator.

Highest Demand (Ever)

270 GW

16 Jul 2026, 3:01 pm IST

Lowest Thermal Share (Ever)

0.0%

20 Jul 2026, 12:48 pm IST

Stands in for 'lowest coal share' — coal isn't reported separately.

Electricity Mix

Every generation source right now. Renewable combines solar and wind; Thermal combines coal and lignite — MERIT India doesn't publish those splits separately.

SourceCurrentShareRecordTrend
Renewable

Solar (ground-mounted) + wind, combined by source

68.0 GW28.0%103.4 GWfalling
Hydro

Excludes pumped storage and Bhutan hydro imports

25.7 GW10.6%37.1 GWrising
Nuclear
5.6 GW2.3%7.2 GWstable
Thermal

Coal + lignite, combined by source

137.9 GW56.8%177.6 GWrising
Gas
3.2 GW1.3%10.2 GWstable
Other + Storage

Other renewables plus pumped storage / battery discharge

2.2 GW0.9%7.9 GWstable