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Live· Updated 07 Nov 2026, 5:44 am IST

Clean share is running below its usual weekly pace — 13.1% right now versus a 23.6% average this week

Thermal generation is filling a larger share of demand than it has this week.

Clean Energy Share Right Now

13.1%

34.9 pts vs yesterday's peak

Today's Peak

13.1%

07 Nov 2026, 5:44 am IST

Yesterday's Peak

47.9%

All-Time Record

54.0%

27 Aug 2026, 12:27 pm IST

Current Demand

183 GW

Today's Story

What happened

Clean sources are supplying 13.1% of India's electricity right now, against 83.0% from thermal, with demand at 183 GW. Today's peak clean share so far is 34.9 points short of yesterday's peak.

Why it happened

Renewable output is holding steady for now — 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 11.7 GW is what operators lean on to smooth the swings in between.

What to watch next

Demand typically peaks around 9:45 AM, 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

Full history →
Daily clean energy share: peak and average percent
DatePeak %Average %
2026-10-0947.326.8
2026-10-1050.227.2
2026-10-1147.526.5
2026-10-1248.926.3
2026-10-1347.025.6
2026-10-1442.824.2
2026-10-1545.125.0
2026-10-1644.324.2
2026-10-1745.323.5
2026-10-1846.223.4
2026-10-1947.023.6
2026-10-2045.425.0
2026-10-2146.724.3
2026-10-2247.024.0
2026-10-2345.323.3
2026-10-2445.923.1
2026-10-2544.523.5
2026-10-2646.824.9
2026-10-2746.426.5
2026-10-2846.829.8
2026-10-2947.326.8
2026-10-3046.425.1
2026-10-3146.823.9
2026-11-0146.424.1
2026-11-0245.323.4
2026-11-0346.622.9
2026-11-0447.123.4
2026-11-0547.023.7
2026-11-0647.923.8
2026-11-0713.111.8

Highest Clean Share (Ever)

54.0%

27 Aug 2026, 12:27 pm IST

Highest Renewable Generation (Ever)

104.9 GW

27 Aug 2026, 12:32 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

6.1 GW3.2%104.9 GWstable
Hydro

Excludes pumped storage and Bhutan hydro imports

11.7 GW6.2%37.7 GWrising
Nuclear
6.7 GW3.6%7.6 GWstable
Thermal

Coal + lignite, combined by source

155.4 GW83.0%180.4 GWrising
Gas
1.7 GW0.9%11.2 GWstable
Other + Storage

Other renewables plus pumped storage / battery discharge

5.6 GW3.0%10.3 GWrising
India Clean Power Monitor