Clean Share Milestone

India's clean electricity share crossed 50%

India's clean electricity share crossed 50% at 10:58 am IST, with clean share at 50.2% and total demand at 242 GW.

18 Aug 2026, 10:58 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	10.53	13.1	2.21	25.84
12:05 am	10.48	13.04	2.22	25.74
12:10 am	10.43	13.05	2.22	25.71
12:15 am	10.31	13.17	2.22	25.7
12:20 am	10.29	13.26	2.23	25.78
12:25 am	10.29	13.28	2.23	25.8
12:30 am	10.29	13.31	2.24	25.84
12:35 am	10.31	13.34	2.26	25.91
12:40 am	10.3	13.41	2.26	25.97
12:45 am	10.33	13.42	2.27	26.02
12:50 am	10.34	13.44	2.27	26.05
12:55 am	10.39	13.47	2.28	26.14
1:01 am	10.38	13.46	2.29	26.13
1:06 am	10.5	13.52	2.31	26.33
1:11 am	10.46	13.39	2.31	26.16
1:16 am	10.48	13.43	2.31	26.22
1:21 am	10.45	13.37	2.32	26.14
1:26 am	10.48	13.32	2.32	26.12
1:31 am	10.51	13.28	2.32	26.12
1:36 am	10.54	13.24	2.33	26.11
1:41 am	10.5	13.01	2.34	25.85
1:46 am	10.51	13.06	2.34	25.91
1:51 am	10.51	13.03	2.34	25.88
1:56 am	10.52	13.07	2.35	25.94
2:01 am	10.54	13.08	2.36	25.98
2:06 am	10.52	13.06	2.37	25.94
2:11 am	10.52	13.09	2.36	25.97
2:16 am	10.46	13.13	2.37	25.95
2:22 am	10.53	13.1	2.38	26.01
2:27 am	10.51	13.15	2.37	26.03
2:32 am	10.53	13.15	2.39	26.06
2:37 am	10.57	13.13	2.38	26.08
2:42 am	10.58	13.11	2.38	26.07
2:47 am	10.58	13.12	2.38	26.08
2:52 am	10.61	13.1	2.38	26.1
2:57 am	10.55	13.1	2.39	26.05
3:02 am	10.51	13.1	2.39	26
3:07 am	10.4	12.99	2.41	25.81
3:12 am	10.4	12.96	2.39	25.75
3:17 am	10.38	13	2.39	25.77
3:22 am	10.35	13.17	2.4	25.92
3:27 am	10.35	13.25	2.41	26.01
3:32 am	10.3	13.25	2.4	25.96
3:38 am	10.31	13.24	2.41	25.96
3:43 am	10.31	13.21	2.43	25.95
3:48 am	10.33	13.29	2.42	26.04
3:53 am	10.29	13.29	2.43	26.01
3:58 am	10.31	13.23	2.43	25.97
4:03 am	10.3	13.3	2.43	26.02
4:08 am	10.29	13.33	2.43	26.05
4:13 am	10.2	13.44	2.43	26.06
4:18 am	10.18	13.4	2.42	25.99
4:23 am	10.18	13.34	2.42	25.94
4:28 am	10.19	13.32	2.42	25.93
4:33 am	10.18	13.35	2.41	25.94
4:38 am	10.16	13.46	2.4	26.03
4:43 am	10.19	13.37	2.4	25.96
4:48 am	10.41	13.31	2.4	26.11
4:53 am	10.44	13.3	2.4	26.13
4:59 am	10.32	13.27	2.39	25.98
5:04 am	10.27	13.32	2.38	25.97
5:09 am	10.11	13.34	2.36	25.82
5:14 am	10	13.33	2.36	25.69
5:19 am	9.85	13.31	2.34	25.5
5:24 am	9.7	13.31	2.34	25.35
5:29 am	9.62	13.25	2.33	25.2
5:34 am	9.51	13.15	2.33	24.99
5:39 am	9.46	13.03	2.32	24.81
5:44 am	9.39	13	2.31	24.7
5:49 am	9.37	12.95	2.31	24.63
5:54 am	9.4	13	2.3	24.69
5:59 am	9.35	12.98	2.29	24.63
6:05 am	10.13	12.84	2.29	25.25
6:10 am	10.1	12.92	2.28	25.3
6:15 am	10.09	12.99	2.26	25.34
6:20 am	9.98	12.86	2.24	25.08
6:25 am	9.99	12.98	2.22	25.2
6:30 am	10.08	12.97	2.22	25.27
6:35 am	10.27	13.07	2.2	25.55
6:40 am	10.48	13.19	2.2	25.87
6:45 am	10.85	13.09	2.2	26.13
6:50 am	11.29	12.96	2.2	26.44
6:55 am	11.57	12.93	2.2	26.69
7:00 am	11.91	12.89	2.2	27
7:05 am	12.44	12.85	2.2	27.5
7:11 am	12.98	12.75	2.2	27.93
7:16 am	13.36	12.74	2.2	28.31
7:21 am	13.99	12.69	2.2	28.88
7:26 am	14.52	12.56	2.18	29.26
7:31 am	15.34	12.49	2.19	30.02
7:36 am	15.96	12.46	2.2	30.62
7:41 am	16.99	12.28	2.21	31.48
7:46 am	17.75	12.16	2.21	32.11
7:51 am	18.76	12.04	2.22	33.02
7:56 am	19.79	11.98	2.22	34
8:01 am	20.46	11.95	2.22	34.62
8:06 am	21.12	11.85	2.24	35.2
8:11 am	22.01	11.84	2.21	36.06
8:16 am	22.91	11.73	2.21	36.86
8:21 am	23.48	11.65	2.21	37.34
8:27 am	24.52	11.52	2.19	38.24
8:32 am	25.1	11.5	2.19	38.78
8:37 am	26.06	11.44	2.17	39.67
8:42 am	26.7	11.42	2.16	40.29
8:47 am	27.66	11.4	2.16	41.22
8:52 am	28.61	11.37	2.18	42.17
8:57 am	29.17	11.17	2.15	42.49
9:02 am	30.09	11.03	2.15	43.27
9:07 am	30.31	10.99	2.13	43.44
9:12 am	30.45	10.92	2.11	43.49
9:17 am	30.87	10.82	2.09	43.78
9:22 am	31.68	10.9	2.1	44.69
9:27 am	32.65	10.85	2.09	45.59
9:32 am	32.81	10.76	2.07	45.65
9:37 am	32.95	10.8	2.07	45.82
9:43 am	33.15	10.78	2.07	46
9:48 am	33.54	10.76	2.05	46.35
9:53 am	34.56	10.77	2.06	47.39
9:58 am	34.88	10.74	2.06	47.67
10:03 am	35.53	10.65	2.06	48.25
10:08 am	35.68	10.63	2.06	48.37
10:13 am	35.8	10.54	2.05	48.39
10:18 am	36.03	10.5	2.05	48.58
10:23 am	36.42	10.48	2.05	48.96
10:28 am	36.57	10.52	2.05	49.13
10:33 am	36.78	10.5	2.05	49.33
10:38 am	36.9	10.59	2.05	49.54
10:43 am	36.87	10.63	2.05	49.55
10:48 am	37.04	10.66	2.05	49.75
10:53 am	37.24	10.7	2.04	49.98
10:58 am	37.28	10.87	2.05	50.21
11:04 am	37.43	10.8	2.05	50.29
11:09 am	37.76	10.67	2.08	50.5
11:14 am	38.03	10.65	2.07	50.75
11:19 am	38.27	10.59	2.08	50.93
11:24 am	38.18	10.63	2.08	50.88
11:29 am	38.28	10.65	2.07	51
11:34 am	38.36	10.71	2.08	51.14
11:39 am	38.36	10.71	2.05	51.13
11:44 am	38.26	10.74	2.05	51.06
11:49 am	38.04	10.83	2.06	50.92
11:54 am	37.82	10.85	2.06	50.73
11:59 am	37.88	10.82	2.06	50.76
12:04 pm	37.85	10.73	2.06	50.64
12:09 pm	37.92	10.75	2.06	50.73
12:15 pm	37.79	10.82	2.06	50.67
12:20 pm	37.69	10.78	2.06	50.53
12:25 pm	37.67	10.75	2.07	50.49
12:30 pm	37.72	10.76	2.07	50.55
12:35 pm	37.75	10.88	2.07	50.71
12:40 pm	37.7	10.86	2.07	50.63
12:45 pm	37.29	10.85	2.07	50.21
12:50 pm	37.06	10.86	2.07	49.99
12:55 pm	36.74	11.01	2.07	49.82
1:00 pm	36.57	11.06	2.07	49.71
1:05 pm	36.19	11.11	2.1	49.4
1:10 pm	36.13	11.08	2.12	49.33
1:15 pm	36.2	10.98	2.12	49.31
1:20 pm	36.95	10.83	2.1	49.87
1:26 pm	37.02	10.87	2.11	49.99
1:31 pm	37.03	10.95	2.12	50.09
1:36 pm	37.17	10.91	2.12	50.2
1:41 pm	37.1	10.99	2.11	50.2
1:46 pm	37.07	10.98	2.12	50.17
1:51 pm	36.98	10.96	2.1	50.04
1:56 pm	36.76	10.97	2.1	49.83
2:01 pm	36.89	10.94	2.09	49.92
2:06 pm	37.2	10.88	2.09	50.17
2:11 pm	37.35	10.83	2.09	50.27
2:16 pm	37.23	10.89	2.09	50.21
2:21 pm	37.27	10.86	2.07	50.21
2:26 pm	36.83	10.84	2.08	49.75
2:31 pm	36.78	10.79	2.07	49.64
2:36 pm	37.04	10.75	2.07	49.85
2:42 pm	36.9	10.76	2.06	49.72
2:47 pm	36.7	10.71	2.05	49.46
2:52 pm	37.01	10.59	2.06	49.67
2:57 pm	37.15	10.65	2.07	49.87
3:02 pm	36.83	10.77	2.05	49.65
3:07 pm	36.7	10.77	2.07	49.53
3:12 pm	36.5	10.82	2.07	49.39
3:17 pm	36.14	10.86	2.07	49.06
3:22 pm	36.01	10.84	2.07	48.92
3:27 pm	35.79	10.83	2.07	48.68
3:32 pm	35.53	10.81	2.06	48.4
3:37 pm	35.27	10.76	2.07	48.1
3:42 pm	35.03	10.79	2.06	47.89
3:47 pm	34.49	10.94	2.06	47.49
3:52 pm	34.03	10.99	2.07	47.09
3:57 pm	33.49	11.02	2.07	46.58
4:03 pm	33.15	11.07	2.06	46.28
4:08 pm	32.85	11.06	2.08	46
4:13 pm	32.48	11.13	2.1	45.7
4:18 pm	32.14	11	2.09	45.22
4:23 pm	31.6	11	2.09	44.7
4:28 pm	30.58	11.1	2.09	43.77
4:33 pm	30.01	11.12	2.09	43.22
4:38 pm	29.56	11.14	2.1	42.81
4:43 pm	28.85	11.13	2.1	42.08
4:48 pm	28.27	11.17	2.1	41.54
4:53 pm	27.41	11.19	2.09	40.69
4:58 pm	26.58	11.23	2.11	39.92
5:03 pm	26.05	11.34	2.11	39.5
5:08 pm	25.86	11.26	2.12	39.25
5:13 pm	25.36	11.4	2.15	38.91
5:18 pm	24.4	11.48	2.15	38.03
5:23 pm	23.86	11.35	2.15	37.36
5:29 pm	23.33	11.35	2.15	36.83
5:34 pm	22.54	11.46	2.16	36.16
5:39 pm	21.72	11.77	2.17	35.66
5:44 pm	21.17	11.97	2.17	35.31
5:49 pm	21.03	12.1	2.22	35.36
5:54 pm	19.24	12.54	2.15	33.93
5:59 pm	18.72	12.66	2.15	33.54
6:04 pm	18.21	12.57	2.15	32.93
6:09 pm	17.62	12.46	2.18	32.25
6:14 pm	17.26	12.6	2.18	32.04
6:19 pm	16.49	12.69	2.16	31.33
6:24 pm	16.13	12.77	2.13	31.02
6:29 pm	15.49	12.79	2.11	30.38
6:34 pm	15.03	12.9	2.1	30.03
6:39 pm	14.55	13.14	2.09	29.77
6:44 pm	13.94	13.41	2.08	29.43
6:50 pm	13.64	13.6	2.06	29.3
6:55 pm	13.35	13.75	2.06	29.16
7:00 pm	12.95	13.89	2.05	28.89
7:05 pm	12.44	14.09	2.06	28.59
7:10 pm	12.22	14.23	2.06	28.51
7:15 pm	11.95	14.3	2.05	28.3
7:20 pm	11.58	14.42	2.03	28.03
7:25 pm	11.48	14.73	2.02	28.23
7:30 pm	11.44	14.83	2.01	28.27
7:35 pm	11.36	14.88	2.02	28.25
7:40 pm	11.33	14.97	2	28.31
7:45 pm	11.29	15	2.01	28.3
7:50 pm	11.3	14.94	2	28.24
7:55 pm	11.31	14.82	2.01	28.15
8:01 pm	11.27	14.87	2.02	28.16
8:06 pm	11.3	14.8	2.04	28.14
8:11 pm	11.3	14.7	2.03	28.04
8:16 pm	11.26	14.63	2.04	27.93
8:21 pm	11.23	14.44	2.04	27.7
8:26 pm	11.2	14.37	2.04	27.61
8:31 pm	11.16	14.27	2.04	27.47
8:36 pm	11.12	14.22	2.04	27.38
8:41 pm	11.06	14.13	2.04	27.23
8:46 pm	11.03	14.1	2.03	27.16
8:51 pm	10.88	14.08	2.03	27
8:56 pm	10.84	14.12	2.03	26.99
9:01 pm	10.81	14.13	2.05	27
9:06 pm	10.77	14.04	2.06	26.87
9:12 pm	10.76	13.98	2.05	26.8
9:17 pm	10.69	14.01	2.05	26.75
9:22 pm	10.68	14.04	2.06	26.78
9:27 pm	10.58	14.11	2.05	26.74
9:32 pm	10.66	14.09	2.05	26.8
9:37 pm	10.65	14.09	2.06	26.79
9:42 pm	10.64	14.16	2.06	26.86
9:47 pm	10.63	14.2	2.06	26.89
9:52 pm	10.58	14.18	2.06	26.82
9:57 pm	10.55	14.06	2.06	26.66
10:02 pm	10.61	14.06	2.07	26.74
10:07 pm	10.57	14.07	2.07	26.71
10:12 pm	10.49	14.06	2.07	26.62
10:17 pm	10.41	14.11	2.06	26.58
10:22 pm	10.27	14.09	2.06	26.43
10:27 pm	10.22	14.14	2.06	26.42
10:33 pm	10.14	14.2	2.07	26.41
10:38 pm	10.07	14.1	2.07	26.25
10:43 pm	10.06	14.02	2.07	26.15
10:48 pm	9.97	14.01	2.08	26.06
10:53 pm	9.96	13.91	2.09	25.95
10:58 pm	9.94	13.92	2.12	25.98
11:03 pm	9.92	13.93	2.12	25.97
11:08 pm	9.88	13.85	2.12	25.85
11:13 pm	9.93	13.8	2.12	25.85
11:18 pm	9.93	13.67	2.14	25.75
11:23 pm	9.96	13.51	2.11	25.58
11:28 pm	9.89	13.43	2.11	25.44
11:33 pm	9.9	13.37	2.12	25.39
11:39 pm	9.95	13.31	2.13	25.4
11:44 pm	10.02	13.33	2.14	25.48
11:49 pm	10.13	13.35	2.15	25.62
11:54 pm	10.14	13.24	2.15	25.53
11:59 pm	10.26	13.08	2.16	25.49

Clean Share

50.2%

Demand

241.5 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.