Thermal Share Milestone

Thermal generation's share fell below 50%

India's thermal generation share fell below 50% at 10:16 am IST, with clean share at 48.4% and total demand at 250 GW.

22 Aug 2026, 10:16 am IST

Clean energy share by source across the day, in percent of total generation
Time (IST)	Renewable %	Hydro %	Nuclear %	Total clean %
12:00 am	10.13	12.5	2.39	25.02
12:05 am	10.18	12.44	2.4	25.02
12:10 am	10.08	12.32	2.37	24.77
12:15 am	10.05	12.28	2.37	24.71
12:21 am	10.06	12.28	2.37	24.72
12:26 am	10.1	12.28	2.38	24.75
12:31 am	10.13	12.25	2.38	24.77
12:36 am	10.16	12.21	2.4	24.77
12:41 am	10.19	12.33	2.39	24.92
12:46 am	10.26	12.34	2.4	25.01
12:51 am	10.28	12.37	2.4	25.05
12:56 am	10.32	12.38	2.41	25.11
1:01 am	10.38	12.41	2.42	25.21
1:06 am	10.43	12.43	2.44	25.31
1:11 am	10.49	12.09	2.43	25.02
1:16 am	10.53	11.96	2.45	24.94
1:21 am	10.53	11.78	2.44	24.75
1:27 am	10.51	11.74	2.45	24.7
1:32 am	10.49	11.74	2.47	24.7
1:37 am	10.45	11.8	2.47	24.72
1:42 am	10.42	11.71	2.47	24.61
1:47 am	10.42	11.69	2.48	24.59
1:52 am	10.43	11.57	2.48	24.48
1:57 am	10.45	11.58	2.49	24.53
2:02 am	10.45	11.6	2.49	24.54
2:07 am	10.44	11.44	2.49	24.38
2:12 am	10.42	11.38	2.5	24.29
2:17 am	10.42	11.39	2.5	24.3
2:22 am	10.4	11.4	2.51	24.32
2:27 am	10.34	11.48	2.51	24.33
2:32 am	10.31	11.54	2.53	24.38
2:38 am	10.29	11.57	2.52	24.37
2:43 am	10.33	11.62	2.52	24.47
2:48 am	10.39	11.64	2.53	24.55
2:53 am	10.34	11.65	2.52	24.51
2:58 am	10.32	11.66	2.53	24.51
3:03 am	10.4	11.65	2.53	24.58
3:08 am	10.41	11.69	2.54	24.64
3:13 am	10.43	11.53	2.53	24.49
3:18 am	10.43	11.48	2.53	24.44
3:23 am	10.43	11.51	2.54	24.48
3:28 am	10.38	11.48	2.54	24.41
3:33 am	10.29	11.56	2.54	24.4
3:38 am	10.17	11.57	2.56	24.3
3:43 am	10.16	11.57	2.57	24.3
3:48 am	10.15	11.65	2.57	24.36
3:53 am	10.08	11.64	2.57	24.29
3:59 am	10.01	11.69	2.57	24.27
4:04 am	10.02	11.7	2.58	24.29
4:09 am	10.01	11.68	2.59	24.28
4:14 am	9.99	11.72	2.57	24.28
4:19 am	9.94	11.98	2.58	24.5
4:24 am	9.87	11.95	2.58	24.4
4:29 am	9.72	12.07	2.57	24.37
4:34 am	9.53	12.27	2.57	24.36
4:39 am	9.42	12.15	2.57	24.14
4:44 am	9.29	12.14	2.57	24
4:49 am	9.32	12.23	2.55	24.1
4:54 am	9.24	12.21	2.57	24.02
4:59 am	9.23	12.22	2.56	24.01
5:04 am	9.2	12.26	2.55	24.01
5:09 am	9.24	12.4	2.57	24.22
5:15 am	9.24	12.36	2.54	24.15
5:20 am	9.21	12.43	2.54	24.18
5:25 am	9.3	12.45	2.53	24.28
5:35 am	9.17	12.71	2.51	24.39
5:40 am	9.19	12.62	2.5	24.31
5:45 am	9.1	12.69	2.5	24.29
5:50 am	9.02	12.74	2.49	24.25
5:55 am	8.94	12.97	2.49	24.41
6:00 am	8.95	13.05	2.5	24.5
6:05 am	8.97	13.12	2.52	24.61
6:10 am	8.92	13.26	2.51	24.69
6:15 am	8.83	13.43	2.49	24.75
6:20 am	8.73	13.46	2.48	24.67
6:25 am	8.81	13.5	2.47	24.78
6:31 am	8.99	13.58	2.47	25.05
6:36 am	9.25	13.63	2.46	25.34
6:41 am	9.53	13.67	2.46	25.66
6:46 am	9.87	13.6	2.46	25.94
6:51 am	10.15	13.58	2.45	26.18
6:56 am	10.86	13.37	2.46	26.68
7:01 am	11.21	13.27	2.47	26.95
7:06 am	11.6	13.26	2.46	27.33
7:11 am	12.13	12.6	2.46	27.19
7:16 am	12.66	12.68	2.45	27.79
7:21 am	13.15	12.6	2.45	28.2
7:26 am	13.67	12.39	2.45	28.51
7:31 am	14.68	12.19	2.45	29.32
7:36 am	15.27	12.14	2.45	29.86
7:41 am	16.3	11.98	2.45	30.73
7:46 am	17.31	11.88	2.44	31.63
7:52 am	18.05	11.83	2.44	32.33
7:57 am	19.01	11.69	2.44	33.15
8:02 am	19.64	11.55	2.44	33.64
8:07 am	20.51	11.38	2.44	34.34
8:12 am	21.06	11.31	2.42	34.79
8:17 am	21.64	11.25	2.43	35.32
8:22 am	22.95	11.03	2.41	36.39
8:27 am	23.61	10.97	2.39	36.98
8:30 am	23.87	10.95	2.39	37.22
8:35 am	24.77	10.78	2.38	37.94
8:40 am	25.26	10.77	2.37	38.41
8:45 am	26.04	10.72	2.36	39.12
8:50 am	26.77	10.67	2.36	39.81
8:55 am	27.35	10.64	2.36	40.34
9:00 am	28.05	10.51	2.36	40.92
9:05 am	29.09	10.24	2.34	41.67
9:11 am	29.8	10.21	2.3	42.31
9:16 am	30.09	10.19	2.29	42.57
9:21 am	30.53	10.17	2.29	43
9:26 am	31.21	10.08	2.27	43.56
9:31 am	31.64	10.1	2.27	44.01
9:36 am	32.19	10.23	2.26	44.68
9:41 am	33.01	10.37	2.26	45.64
9:46 am	33.64	10.34	2.24	46.22
9:51 am	33.96	10.33	2.26	46.54
9:56 am	34.2	10.32	2.24	46.76
10:01 am	34.83	10.22	2.26	47.32
10:06 am	35.21	10.17	2.25	47.63
10:11 am	35.41	10.18	2.25	47.84
10:16 am	36.07	10.12	2.25	48.44
10:22 am	36.46	10.07	2.26	48.79
10:27 am	36.74	10.11	2.26	49.11
10:32 am	37.02	10.09	2.26	49.37
10:37 am	37.11	10.06	2.25	49.42
10:42 am	37.32	10.03	2.26	49.6
10:47 am	37.5	10.01	2.25	49.77
10:52 am	37.88	9.87	2.25	50.01
10:57 am	38.17	9.84	2.24	50.25
11:02 am	38.55	9.83	2.25	50.63
11:07 am	38.91	9.9	2.26	51.07
11:12 am	39.09	9.89	2.25	51.24
11:17 am	39.22	9.87	2.25	51.35
11:22 am	39.14	9.87	2.24	51.25
11:27 am	39.08	9.87	2.24	51.2
11:32 am	39.02	9.87	2.26	51.14
11:38 am	39.18	9.84	2.24	51.26
11:43 am	39.26	9.87	2.23	51.36
11:48 am	39.08	9.93	2.24	51.25
11:53 am	39.1	9.85	2.24	51.2
11:58 am	38.99	9.84	2.24	51.07
12:03 pm	39.11	9.85	2.23	51.18
12:08 pm	39.33	9.75	2.25	51.33
12:13 pm	39.24	9.72	2.23	51.19
12:18 pm	39.42	9.69	2.24	51.35
12:23 pm	39.32	9.75	2.25	51.33
12:28 pm	39.32	9.75	2.24	51.31
12:33 pm	39.53	9.73	2.24	51.51
12:38 pm	39.39	9.75	2.26	51.4
12:43 pm	39.11	9.75	2.25	51.11
12:48 pm	39	9.76	2.26	51.02
12:53 pm	38.97	9.8	2.27	51.04
12:59 pm	39.11	9.69	2.27	51.07
1:04 pm	39.08	9.82	2.28	51.18
1:09 pm	39.07	9.88	2.3	51.24
1:14 pm	39.24	9.91	2.29	51.44
1:19 pm	39.13	9.94	2.3	51.37
1:24 pm	38.97	9.92	2.3	51.18
1:29 pm	38.6	9.92	2.3	50.82
1:34 pm	38.58	9.82	2.3	50.69
1:39 pm	38.43	9.72	2.28	50.43
1:44 pm	38.18	9.71	2.29	50.18
1:49 pm	38.05	9.68	2.27	50.01
1:54 pm	38.07	9.71	2.28	50.06
1:59 pm	38.14	9.69	2.29	50.12
2:04 pm	38.14	9.7	2.28	50.13
2:10 pm	38.13	9.7	2.27	50.1
2:15 pm	38.07	9.71	2.27	50.04
2:20 pm	37.8	9.73	2.27	49.8
2:25 pm	37.59	9.72	2.25	49.56
2:30 pm	36.74	9.57	2.25	48.56
2:35 pm	36.38	9.56	2.24	48.18
2:40 pm	36.06	9.54	2.25	47.85
2:45 pm	35.69	9.64	2.24	47.57
2:50 pm	35.29	9.56	2.23	47.08
2:55 pm	35.07	9.54	2.24	46.84
3:00 pm	34.67	9.58	2.24	46.49
3:05 pm	34.14	9.63	2.23	46
3:10 pm	33.73	9.67	2.25	45.64
3:16 pm	33.31	9.68	2.25	45.24
3:21 pm	33.26	9.65	2.24	45.15
3:26 pm	32.87	9.64	2.24	44.74
3:31 pm	32.48	9.52	2.25	44.25
3:36 pm	32.26	9.49	2.24	43.99
3:41 pm	31.85	9.56	2.25	43.67
3:46 pm	31.53	9.54	2.24	43.31
3:51 pm	31.31	9.52	2.25	43.08
3:56 pm	31.08	9.64	2.25	42.97
4:01 pm	30.47	9.71	2.27	42.46
4:06 pm	30.2	9.65	2.28	42.13
4:11 pm	29.67	9.63	2.29	41.59
4:16 pm	29.09	9.66	2.31	41.05
4:21 pm	28.87	9.57	2.31	40.74
4:27 pm	28.44	9.61	2.3	40.35
4:32 pm	27.84	9.64	2.3	39.77
4:37 pm	27.15	9.6	2.31	39.07
4:42 pm	26.62	9.66	2.32	38.59
4:47 pm	25.96	9.66	2.33	37.95
4:52 pm	25.24	9.76	2.32	37.33
4:57 pm	24.71	9.85	2.33	36.9
5:02 pm	24.27	9.88	2.34	36.49
5:07 pm	23.7	9.87	2.37	35.95
5:12 pm	23.1	9.95	2.41	35.45
5:17 pm	22.48	10.09	2.41	34.97
5:22 pm	21.69	10.26	2.42	34.38
5:27 pm	21.17	10.36	2.42	33.95
5:33 pm	20.55	10.59	2.45	33.6
5:38 pm	20.06	10.63	2.46	33.15
5:43 pm	19.11	10.75	2.44	32.31
5:48 pm	18.55	10.97	2.46	31.98
5:53 pm	17.78	11.44	2.44	31.67
5:58 pm	17.31	11.65	2.45	31.41
6:03 pm	16.65	11.74	2.45	30.85
6:08 pm	16.4	11.55	2.49	30.43
6:13 pm	15.75	11.86	2.48	30.08
6:18 pm	15.05	12.16	2.46	29.67
6:23 pm	14.52	12.28	2.47	29.28
6:28 pm	14.16	12.41	2.47	29.03
6:33 pm	13.61	12.7	2.45	28.77
6:38 pm	13.19	12.86	2.46	28.52
6:44 pm	12.87	13.06	2.46	28.4
6:49 pm	12.55	13.35	2.43	28.32
6:59 pm	11.83	13.7	2.43	27.95
7:04 pm	11.58	13.84	2.41	27.84
7:09 pm	11.27	13.76	2.42	27.45
7:14 pm	11.04	13.96	2.42	27.41
7:19 pm	10.43	14.17	2.43	27.03
7:24 pm	10.31	14.18	2.41	26.9
7:29 pm	10.16	14.18	2.42	26.76
7:34 pm	10.08	14.16	2.42	26.67
7:39 pm	9.99	14.08	2.44	26.5
7:44 pm	9.9	14.09	2.45	26.44
7:49 pm	9.89	14.12	2.44	26.45
7:54 pm	9.83	14.09	2.46	26.37
8:00 pm	9.76	14.11	2.45	26.32
8:05 pm	9.71	14.14	2.45	26.3
8:10 pm	9.68	14.21	2.45	26.35
8:15 pm	9.61	14.2	2.45	26.26
8:20 pm	9.57	14.18	2.46	26.21
8:25 pm	9.43	14.17	2.46	26.05
8:30 pm	9.42	14.12	2.45	25.99
8:35 pm	9.27	13.97	2.48	25.71
8:40 pm	9.21	13.9	2.48	25.59
8:45 pm	9.08	13.99	2.47	25.55
8:50 pm	8.94	13.92	2.48	25.34
8:55 pm	8.92	13.88	2.47	25.27
9:00 pm	8.94	13.8	2.48	25.22
9:05 pm	8.91	13.88	2.48	25.26
9:10 pm	8.86	13.94	2.49	25.3
9:16 pm	8.83	14.02	2.49	25.33
9:21 pm	8.83	13.99	2.48	25.29
9:26 pm	8.72	14.08	2.47	25.27
9:31 pm	8.72	14.04	2.46	25.21
9:36 pm	8.7	14.02	2.48	25.2
9:41 pm	8.6	14.08	2.47	25.15
9:46 pm	8.49	14.12	2.48	25.1
9:51 pm	8.38	14.15	2.48	25.01
9:56 pm	8.25	14.27	2.49	25.02
10:01 pm	8.19	14.23	2.48	24.9
10:06 pm	8.13	14.18	2.5	24.81
10:11 pm	8.05	14.19	2.49	24.74
10:16 pm	7.92	14.28	2.5	24.7
10:21 pm	7.86	14.26	2.5	24.62
10:26 pm	7.77	14.3	2.5	24.57
10:32 pm	7.6	14.33	2.5	24.43
10:37 pm	7.54	14.26	2.5	24.3
10:42 pm	7.46	14.28	2.51	24.25
10:47 pm	7.44	14.29	2.49	24.23
10:52 pm	7.44	14.18	2.51	24.13
10:57 pm	7.47	14.09	2.52	24.08
11:02 pm	7.5	14.07	2.53	24.1
11:07 pm	7.5	14.04	2.53	24.07
11:12 pm	7.51	14.02	2.53	24.06
11:17 pm	7.49	13.9	2.54	23.93
11:22 pm	7.47	13.72	2.52	23.72
11:27 pm	7.42	13.72	2.54	23.68
11:32 pm	7.37	13.76	2.54	23.66
11:37 pm	7.34	13.7	2.54	23.58
11:43 pm	7.39	13.6	2.53	23.52
11:48 pm	7.37	13.53	2.54	23.43
11:53 pm	7.35	13.52	2.54	23.41
11:58 pm	7.33	13.44	2.55	23.31

Clean Share

48.4%

Demand

249.9 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.