Thermal Share Milestone

Thermal generation's share fell below 50%

India's thermal generation share fell below 50% at 1:55 pm IST, with clean share at 48.5% and total demand at 229 GW.

02 Oct 2026, 1:55 pm IST

Clean energy share by source across the day, in percent of total generation
Time (IST)	Renewable %	Hydro %	Nuclear %	Total clean %
12:02 am	3.44	10.57	3.02	17.03
12:07 am	3.46	10.66	3.03	17.15
12:12 am	3.47	10.71	3.02	17.2
12:17 am	3.48	10.64	3.02	17.14
12:22 am	3.49	10.54	3.03	17.06
12:32 am	3.55	10.36	3.04	16.94
12:37 am	3.52	10.17	3.05	16.74
12:42 am	3.55	10.13	3.05	16.73
12:47 am	3.55	10.07	3.05	16.68
12:52 am	3.58	9.9	3.08	16.55
12:58 am	3.56	9.82	3.08	16.46
1:03 am	3.55	9.83	3.1	16.47
1:08 am	3.52	9.72	3.11	16.35
1:13 am	3.55	9.68	3.11	16.34
1:18 am	3.54	9.57	3.12	16.23
1:23 am	3.49	9.44	3.13	16.06
1:28 am	3.52	9.37	3.12	16.02
1:33 am	3.55	9.34	3.13	16.02
1:38 am	3.59	9.18	3.14	15.91
1:43 am	3.61	9.15	3.14	15.91
1:48 am	3.62	9.15	3.15	15.92
1:54 am	3.59	9.17	3.15	15.92
1:59 am	3.62	9.1	3.16	15.88
2:04 am	3.61	9.11	3.17	15.89
2:09 am	3.63	9.04	3.17	15.84
2:14 am	3.61	9.03	3.17	15.81
2:19 am	3.6	8.74	3.19	15.52
2:24 am	3.58	8.72	3.2	15.49
2:29 am	3.56	8.66	3.2	15.42
2:34 am	3.58	8.59	3.21	15.38
2:39 am	3.58	8.44	3.22	15.24
2:44 am	3.6	8.4	3.22	15.22
2:49 am	3.58	8.41	3.22	15.21
2:54 am	3.65	8.44	3.22	15.32
2:59 am	3.66	8.47	3.22	15.35
3:05 am	3.68	8.48	3.22	15.38
3:10 am	3.68	8.48	3.23	15.39
3:15 am	3.73	8.45	3.23	15.41
3:20 am	3.69	8.41	3.24	15.34
3:25 am	3.73	8.4	3.23	15.36
3:30 am	3.74	8.42	3.24	15.4
3:35 am	3.71	8.38	3.24	15.33
3:40 am	3.74	8.38	3.25	15.37
3:45 am	3.73	8.38	3.27	15.38
3:50 am	3.72	8.5	3.26	15.48
3:55 am	3.7	8.52	3.27	15.49
4:00 am	3.69	8.48	3.27	15.43
4:06 am	3.7	8.5	3.28	15.48
4:11 am	3.69	8.48	3.27	15.44
4:16 am	3.68	8.5	3.26	15.44
4:21 am	3.67	8.72	3.27	15.65
4:26 am	3.66	8.74	3.27	15.67
4:31 am	3.66	8.66	3.27	15.6
4:36 am	3.63	8.85	3.29	15.77
4:41 am	3.6	8.86	3.27	15.73
4:46 am	3.58	8.85	3.27	15.69
4:51 am	3.56	9.05	3.27	15.88
4:56 am	3.57	9.07	3.27	15.9
5:01 am	3.54	9.12	3.26	15.91
5:06 am	3.52	9.33	3.26	16.11
5:11 am	3.48	9.39	3.24	16.11
5:17 am	3.44	9.44	3.23	16.11
5:22 am	3.32	9.88	3.21	16.41
5:27 am	3.33	10.13	3.21	16.66
5:32 am	3.31	10.32	3.2	16.83
5:37 am	3.28	10.7	3.2	17.18
5:42 am	3.27	10.84	3.2	17.31
5:47 am	3.23	10.99	3.19	17.41
5:52 am	3.21	11.07	3.19	17.47
5:57 am	3.18	11.15	3.19	17.52
6:02 am	3.17	11.22	3.21	17.6
6:07 am	3.13	11.28	3.23	17.63
6:12 am	3.16	11.32	3.2	17.69
6:17 am	3.16	11.34	3.19	17.68
6:22 am	3.22	11.44	3.19	17.84
6:28 am	3.3	11.5	3.18	17.98
6:33 am	3.46	11.53	3.17	18.16
6:38 am	3.58	11.65	3.18	18.4
6:43 am	3.96	11.55	3.18	18.68
6:48 am	4.22	11.62	3.18	19.03
6:53 am	4.72	11.55	3.18	19.44
6:58 am	5.42	11.41	3.18	20.01
7:03 am	6.01	11.3	3.19	20.5
7:08 am	6.59	10.95	3.19	20.73
7:14 am	7.55	10.55	3.18	21.28
7:19 am	8.72	10.29	3.19	22.21
7:24 am	9.48	10.14	3.18	22.79
7:29 am	10.78	9.74	3.19	23.71
7:34 am	11.74	9.49	3.21	24.44
7:39 am	12.7	8.97	3.22	24.89
7:44 am	14.69	8.36	3.22	26.28
7:49 am	15.72	8.08	3.24	27.03
7:54 am	16.73	8.01	3.22	27.96
7:59 am	18.27	7.92	3.25	29.45
8:04 am	19.28	7.93	3.24	30.45
8:09 am	20.6	7.8	3.2	31.61
8:14 am	21.92	7.69	3.17	32.77
8:19 am	22.6	7.59	3.17	33.37
8:24 am	23.28	7.68	3.16	34.13
8:30 am	24.37	7.62	3.16	35.14
8:35 am	25.02	7.63	3.15	35.8
8:40 am	26.97	7.37	3.12	37.46
8:45 am	27.19	7.4	3.12	37.71
8:50 am	28.14	7.28	3.1	38.53
8:55 am	29.44	6.9	3.08	39.42
9:00 am	30.04	6.88	3.07	39.99
9:05 am	30.96	6.71	3.06	40.73
9:10 am	31.31	6.7	3.04	41.05
9:15 am	32.06	6.64	3.01	41.7
9:20 am	32.77	6.73	3.01	42.51
9:25 am	33.27	6.75	3	43.02
9:31 am	34.01	6.74	2.99	43.73
9:36 am	34.4	6.72	2.99	44.11
9:41 am	35.05	6.69	2.98	44.72
9:46 am	35.53	6.67	2.98	45.18
9:51 am	36.25	6.5	2.98	45.73
9:56 am	36.71	6.38	2.98	46.07
10:01 am	37.31	6.34	2.98	46.64
10:06 am	37.67	6.2	2.98	46.86
10:11 am	38.12	6.1	2.98	47.2
10:16 am	38.4	6.07	2.96	47.44
10:21 am	38.59	6.1	2.97	47.66
10:26 am	38.76	6.06	2.97	47.79
10:31 am	39	6.05	2.97	48.02
10:37 am	39.44	6.04	2.96	48.44
10:42 am	39.61	6.04	2.96	48.61
10:47 am	39.85	6.01	2.96	48.83
10:52 am	39.82	6.07	2.97	48.86
10:57 am	39.95	6.05	2.97	48.97
11:02 am	40.04	6.05	2.96	49.05
11:07 am	39.61	6.12	2.99	48.71
11:12 am	39.38	6.15	2.98	48.51
11:17 am	39.45	6.16	2.97	48.58
11:22 am	39.81	6.13	2.97	48.91
11:27 am	39.88	6.17	2.98	49.03
11:32 am	39.7	6.37	2.97	49.04
11:38 am	39.46	6.41	2.98	48.85
11:43 am	39.39	6.37	2.98	48.74
11:48 am	39.4	6.39	2.98	48.77
11:53 am	36.31	6.54	3.14	45.99
11:58 am	39.47	6.22	2.98	48.67
12:03 pm	39.42	6.35	3	48.77
12:08 pm	39.24	6.38	3.01	48.62
12:13 pm	39.27	6.35	3	48.63
12:18 pm	39.3	6.37	3	48.67
12:23 pm	39.48	6.39	3	48.87
12:28 pm	39.46	6.32	3	48.78
12:33 pm	39.44	6.29	2.99	48.73
12:38 pm	39.35	6.31	3	48.66
12:43 pm	39.31	6.33	3.02	48.65
12:49 pm	39.22	6.38	3.01	48.62
12:54 pm	38.93	6.46	3.02	48.41
12:59 pm	38.99	6.45	3.01	48.45
1:04 pm	39.07	6.49	3.03	48.6
1:09 pm	39.39	6.47	3.05	48.91
1:14 pm	39.33	6.47	3.04	48.84
1:19 pm	39.22	6.44	3.06	48.72
1:24 pm	38.92	6.29	3.05	48.26
1:29 pm	38.41	6.27	3.05	47.73
1:34 pm	38.29	6.27	3.05	47.6
1:39 pm	38.75	6.21	3.05	48.01
1:44 pm	38.6	6.2	3.04	47.84
1:49 pm	38.67	6.22	3.03	47.92
1:55 pm	39.09	6.32	3.04	48.45
2:00 pm	39.07	6.35	3.04	48.46
2:05 pm	39.27	6.31	2.97	48.54
2:15 pm	38.74	6.26	3	48.01
2:20 pm	38.15	6.35	3	47.51
2:25 pm	37.82	6.42	3	47.24
2:30 pm	37.55	6.48	3	47.02
2:35 pm	37.21	6.41	2.98	46.6
2:40 pm	36.96	6.36	2.99	46.32
2:45 pm	36.16	6.4	2.98	45.54
2:50 pm	35.74	6.4	2.97	45.11
2:55 pm	35.13	6.4	2.97	44.5
3:01 pm	34.32	6.37	2.95	43.64
3:06 pm	34.08	6.28	2.95	43.3
3:11 pm	33.61	6.19	2.96	42.77
3:16 pm	33.18	6.25	2.96	42.39
3:21 pm	32.65	6.37	2.95	41.97
3:26 pm	31.63	6.45	2.95	41.03
3:31 pm	30.94	6.51	2.94	40.39
3:36 pm	30.09	6.46	2.95	39.49
3:41 pm	29.25	6.4	2.93	38.59
3:46 pm	28.71	6.44	2.93	38.08
3:51 pm	27.86	6.48	2.94	37.28
3:56 pm	26.91	6.58	2.93	36.43
4:01 pm	26.13	6.61	2.94	35.67
4:07 pm	25.28	6.81	2.97	35.06
4:12 pm	24.84	6.89	2.99	34.72
4:17 pm	24.2	6.96	2.99	34.15
4:22 pm	22.84	7.01	3	32.84
4:27 pm	22.12	7.04	2.99	32.16
4:32 pm	21.34	7.14	2.99	31.46
4:37 pm	20.19	7.34	3	30.53
4:42 pm	19.56	7.42	3	29.98
4:47 pm	18.4	7.6	3	29.01
4:52 pm	17.15	7.96	3.01	28.13
4:57 pm	16.41	8.14	3.02	27.57
5:02 pm	15.68	8.21	3.02	26.91
5:07 pm	14.38	8.5	3.07	25.95
5:13 pm	13.56	8.62	3.1	25.28
5:18 pm	12.62	8.98	3.09	24.69
5:23 pm	11.49	9.16	3.11	23.76
5:28 pm	10.65	9.57	3.11	23.33
5:33 pm	9.35	10.17	3.11	22.63
5:38 pm	8.63	10.29	3.13	22.05
5:43 pm	7.62	10.69	3.14	21.45
5:48 pm	6.91	11.15	3.12	21.17
5:53 pm	6.07	11.38	3.13	20.57
5:58 pm	6.02	11.66	3.12	20.8
6:03 pm	4.56	12.31	3.12	19.99
6:08 pm	4.01	12.5	3.17	19.68
6:13 pm	3.68	12.65	3.16	19.49
6:18 pm	3.13	12.96	3.13	19.23
6:24 pm	2.94	13.07	3.12	19.12
6:29 pm	2.77	13.28	3.1	19.15
6:34 pm	2.59	13.65	3.08	19.31
6:39 pm	2.55	13.94	3.07	19.56
6:44 pm	2.55	14.08	3.07	19.69
6:49 pm	2.5	14.12	3.05	19.67
6:54 pm	2.47	14.04	3.06	19.57
6:59 pm	2.51	14.07	3.07	19.65
7:04 pm	2.5	14.09	3.06	19.66
7:09 pm	2.5	13.86	3.07	19.43
7:14 pm	2.48	13.88	3.06	19.43
7:19 pm	2.44	13.87	3.06	19.37
7:24 pm	2.46	13.86	3.06	19.37
7:30 pm	2.46	13.87	3.06	19.4
7:35 pm	2.47	13.8	3.06	19.34
7:40 pm	2.47	13.82	3.06	19.36
7:45 pm	2.48	13.72	3.07	19.27
7:50 pm	2.49	13.77	3.06	19.32
7:55 pm	2.53	13.75	3.07	19.35
8:00 pm	2.54	13.71	3.08	19.33
8:05 pm	2.55	13.59	3.09	19.22
8:10 pm	2.6	13.56	3.1	19.26
8:15 pm	2.64	13.39	3.1	19.13
8:20 pm	2.69	13.44	3.1	19.23
8:25 pm	2.72	13.4	3.11	19.22
8:31 pm	2.79	13.27	3.11	19.16
8:36 pm	2.81	13.23	3.11	19.15
8:41 pm	2.86	13.03	3.11	19
8:46 pm	2.91	13	3.11	19.01
8:51 pm	2.95	12.83	3.11	18.89
8:56 pm	2.99	12.67	3.11	18.77
9:01 pm	3.02	12.66	3.12	18.8
9:06 pm	3.07	12.47	3.12	18.65
9:11 pm	3.09	12.39	3.12	18.61
9:16 pm	3.12	12.28	3.12	18.51
9:21 pm	3.17	11.65	3.13	17.96
9:26 pm	3.21	11.63	3.12	17.96
9:31 pm	3.24	11.65	3.12	18.01
9:36 pm	3.27	11.2	3.14	17.6
9:42 pm	3.3	11.19	3.14	17.63
9:47 pm	3.32	11.13	3.14	17.59
9:52 pm	3.35	10.87	3.15	17.37
9:57 pm	3.39	10.78	3.15	17.32
10:02 pm	3.43	10.82	3.16	17.41
10:07 pm	3.43	10.98	3.16	17.57
10:12 pm	3.49	11.19	3.14	17.82
10:17 pm	3.5	11.37	3.13	18
10:22 pm	3.47	11.35	3.13	17.96
10:27 pm	3.48	11.45	3.13	18.06
10:32 pm	3.48	11.5	3.12	18.1
10:37 pm	3.45	11.55	3.14	18.14
10:42 pm	3.47	11.57	3.13	18.17
10:48 pm	3.48	11.67	3.13	18.28
10:53 pm	3.48	11.52	3.13	18.14
10:58 pm	3.52	11.48	3.14	18.14
11:03 pm	3.55	11.33	3.15	18.02
11:08 pm	3.53	11.1	3.16	17.79
11:13 pm	3.59	10.95	3.17	17.71
11:18 pm	3.63	10.97	3.18	17.78
11:23 pm	3.65	10.86	3.18	17.7
11:28 pm	3.69	10.72	3.19	17.6
11:33 pm	3.71	10.69	3.2	17.6
11:38 pm	3.7	10.48	3.21	17.39
11:43 pm	3.74	10.28	3.21	17.23
11:48 pm	3.73	10.21	3.23	17.17
11:54 pm	3.68	10.14	3.23	17.05
11:59 pm	3.64	10.13	3.24	17.01

Clean Share

48.5%

Demand

229.4 GW

Source: MERIT India, Ministry of Power. Renewable, hydro, and nuclear generation shown as a percent of total domestic generation across the day; the remaining share comes from thermal, gas, and other sources. Data collected automatically by India Clean Power Monitor.