Thermal Share Milestone

Thermal generation's share fell below 50%

India's thermal generation share fell below 50% at 12:28 pm IST, with clean share at 50.6% and total demand at 239 GW.

19 Aug 2026, 12:28 pm IST

Clean energy share by source across the day, in percent of total generation
Time (IST)	Renewable %	Hydro %	Nuclear %	Total clean %
12:04 am	10.3	13.09	2.17	25.56
12:09 am	10.33	13.1	2.17	25.6
12:14 am	10.33	13.12	2.16	25.61
12:19 am	10.32	13.25	2.17	25.74
12:24 am	10.3	13.25	2.17	25.72
12:29 am	10.36	13.19	2.17	25.72
12:34 am	10.18	13.29	2.18	25.65
12:39 am	10.16	13.31	2.19	25.66
12:44 am	10.2	13.3	2.2	25.69
12:49 am	10.18	13.29	2.2	25.68
12:54 am	10.26	13.33	2.22	25.81
1:00 am	10.34	13.3	2.21	25.85
1:05 am	10.38	13.37	2.22	25.98
1:10 am	10.47	13.24	2.23	25.94
1:15 am	10.58	13.12	2.24	25.94
1:20 am	10.56	13.11	2.24	25.9
1:25 am	10.59	13.12	2.25	25.95
1:30 am	10.56	13.15	2.26	25.97
1:35 am	10.52	13.16	2.26	25.94
1:40 am	10.53	13.03	2.27	25.83
1:45 am	10.45	13.04	2.27	25.76
1:50 am	10.49	13.05	2.28	25.83
1:55 am	10.49	13.1	2.29	25.87
2:00 am	10.5	13.15	2.29	25.94
2:05 am	10.58	13.08	2.29	25.95
2:10 am	10.59	13.08	2.29	25.96
2:16 am	10.64	13.13	2.3	26.07
2:21 am	10.61	13.19	2.32	26.12
2:26 am	10.6	13.28	2.31	26.19
2:31 am	10.53	13.33	2.32	26.18
2:36 am	10.49	13.38	2.32	26.19
2:41 am	10.44	13.35	2.32	26.11
2:46 am	10.32	13.42	2.32	26.06
2:51 am	10.26	13.45	2.32	26.04
2:56 am	10.2	13.47	2.32	25.99
3:01 am	10.15	13.46	2.33	25.93
3:06 am	10.18	13.4	2.33	25.92
3:11 am	10.14	13.34	2.33	25.81
3:16 am	10.15	13.3	2.33	25.78
3:21 am	10.12	13.38	2.33	25.84
3:26 am	10.06	13.37	2.34	25.78
3:31 am	10	13.38	2.34	25.71
3:37 am	9.97	13.43	2.34	25.74
3:42 am	9.95	13.45	2.35	25.75
3:47 am	9.92	13.48	2.35	25.75
3:52 am	9.84	13.48	2.35	25.67
3:57 am	9.84	13.48	2.35	25.67
4:02 am	9.79	13.47	2.36	25.62
4:07 am	9.79	13.4	2.36	25.55
4:12 am	9.72	13.51	2.34	25.57
4:17 am	9.7	13.46	2.33	25.49
4:22 am	9.66	13.44	2.34	25.44
4:27 am	9.59	13.38	2.34	25.31
4:32 am	9.53	13.39	2.34	25.26
4:37 am	9.53	13.18	2.34	25.05
4:42 am	9.49	13.24	2.34	25.07
4:47 am	9.44	13.2	2.33	24.97
4:52 am	9.5	13.12	2.32	24.95
4:58 am	9.39	13.07	2.32	24.78
5:03 am	9.37	13.07	2.31	24.75
5:08 am	9.39	12.95	2.31	24.66
5:13 am	9.3	13	2.3	24.6
5:18 am	9.21	13.08	2.28	24.58
5:23 am	9.11	13.06	2.26	24.43
5:28 am	9.04	13.11	2.26	24.42
5:33 am	9	13.18	2.26	24.44
5:38 am	8.96	13.25	2.25	24.47
5:43 am	8.96	13.37	2.25	24.58
5:48 am	8.9	13.33	2.24	24.47
5:53 am	8.92	13.33	2.23	24.47
5:58 am	8.93	13.3	2.23	24.45
6:03 am	8.9	13.29	2.24	24.43
6:08 am	8.92	13.26	2.26	24.44
6:14 am	8.88	13.21	2.24	24.34
6:19 am	8.8	13.23	2.23	24.27
6:24 am	8.74	13.31	2.22	24.28
6:29 am	8.81	13.29	2.25	24.34
6:34 am	8.87	13.42	2.24	24.52
6:39 am	8.92	13.55	2.24	24.71
6:44 am	9.18	13.69	2.26	25.13
6:49 am	9.39	13.68	2.26	25.33
6:54 am	9.57	13.63	2.27	25.47
6:59 am	10.07	13.43	2.26	25.76
7:04 am	10.55	13.25	2.28	26.08
7:09 am	10.83	13.15	2.3	26.28
7:14 am	11.13	13.13	2.3	26.55
7:19 am	11.67	13.16	2.31	27.14
7:25 am	12.27	13.11	2.3	27.68
7:30 am	12.69	12.95	2.3	27.93
7:35 am	13.16	12.88	2.3	28.33
7:40 am	13.97	12.69	2.3	28.96
7:45 am	14.93	12.52	2.31	29.76
7:50 am	15.63	12.52	2.32	30.47
7:55 am	16.7	12.46	2.33	31.49
8:00 am	17.8	12.25	2.34	32.39
8:05 am	18.42	12.14	2.33	32.9
8:10 am	18.93	12.16	2.32	33.4
8:15 am	19.85	12.06	2.32	34.23
8:20 am	20.61	11.98	2.3	34.88
8:25 am	21.19	11.93	2.28	35.4
8:30 am	21.92	11.81	2.28	36
8:35 am	22.81	11.74	2.27	36.82
8:41 am	23.82	11.66	2.26	37.74
8:46 am	24.41	11.58	2.26	38.24
8:51 am	25.45	11.54	2.25	39.24
8:56 am	25.78	11.58	2.25	39.61
9:01 am	26.55	11.54	2.24	40.33
9:06 am	26.91	11.52	2.23	40.67
9:11 am	27.56	11.54	2.2	41.31
9:16 am	27.9	11.54	2.2	41.64
9:21 am	28.38	11.52	2.19	42.1
9:26 am	29.21	11.43	2.17	42.81
9:31 am	29.79	11.4	2.16	43.35
9:36 am	30.11	11.44	2.17	43.72
9:41 am	30.44	11.37	2.15	43.96
9:46 am	30.88	11.32	2.15	44.35
9:51 am	31.22	11.31	2.17	44.7
9:56 am	32.04	11.03	2.15	45.23
10:02 am	32.46	10.99	2.15	45.6
10:07 am	32.77	10.99	2.16	45.91
10:12 am	33.27	10.88	2.16	46.3
10:17 am	33.51	10.82	2.16	46.49
10:22 am	33.61	10.78	2.16	46.54
10:27 am	34.16	10.7	2.15	47.01
10:32 am	34.6	10.56	2.16	47.32
10:37 am	34.9	10.63	2.16	47.69
10:42 am	35.44	10.59	2.17	48.2
10:47 am	35.49	10.58	2.17	48.24
10:52 am	35.54	10.6	2.16	48.29
10:57 am	35.74	10.54	2.2	48.48
11:02 am	36.12	10.54	2.21	48.87
11:07 am	36.35	10.54	2.21	49.1
11:12 am	36.71	10.52	2.22	49.45
11:17 am	36.84	10.55	2.21	49.6
11:23 am	37.67	10.38	2.22	50.28
11:28 am	38.1	10.32	2.21	50.64
11:33 am	38.28	10.39	2.23	50.9
11:38 am	37.65	10.42	2.23	50.3
11:43 am	37.75	10.43	2.21	50.39
11:48 am	37.87	10.37	2.21	50.46
11:53 am	37.51	10.48	2.22	50.21
11:58 am	37.34	10.55	2.21	50.09
12:03 pm	37.22	10.58	2.23	50.03
12:08 pm	37.44	10.53	2.23	50.2
12:13 pm	37.57	10.61	2.23	50.41
12:18 pm	37.63	10.56	2.23	50.42
12:23 pm	33.95	12.41	1.99	48.35
12:28 pm	37.73	10.63	2.25	50.61
12:33 pm	37.73	10.62	2.26	50.6
12:38 pm	37.47	10.71	2.25	50.43
12:43 pm	37	10.79	2.21	50
12:49 pm	36.87	10.85	2.24	49.96
12:54 pm	37	10.83	2.23	50.06
12:59 pm	36.86	10.94	2.22	50.02
1:04 pm	37.01	11.04	2.25	50.3
1:09 pm	36.97	11.13	2.27	50.36
1:14 pm	36.96	11.16	2.27	50.39
1:19 pm	36.9	11.24	2.27	50.42
1:24 pm	37.01	11.21	2.27	50.49
1:29 pm	37.12	11.11	2.26	50.49
1:34 pm	37.07	11.17	2.26	50.5
1:39 pm	37.05	11.1	2.26	50.41
1:44 pm	36.8	11.12	2.24	50.16
1:50 pm	36.97	11.02	2.23	50.22
1:55 pm	37.19	10.99	2.24	50.42
2:00 pm	36.91	11.06	2.23	50.2
2:05 pm	37.14	11.05	2.23	50.42
2:10 pm	37.1	11.07	2.24	50.4
2:15 pm	36.66	11.08	2.23	49.97
2:20 pm	36.22	11.12	2.22	49.57
2:25 pm	36.23	11.12	2.21	49.57
2:30 pm	35.92	11.15	2.2	49.26
2:35 pm	35.63	11.08	2.19	48.9
2:40 pm	35.48	11.23	2.19	48.9
2:45 pm	35.08	11.19	2.19	48.45
2:50 pm	34.84	11.14	2.16	48.15
2:56 pm	34.79	11.01	2.19	47.99
3:01 pm	34.12	11.1	2.19	47.41
3:06 pm	34.04	11.05	2.18	47.27
3:11 pm	33.63	11.16	2.19	46.98
3:16 pm	33.54	11.11	2.19	46.84
3:21 pm	32.99	11.07	2.19	46.25
3:26 pm	32.8	11.04	2.2	46.04
3:31 pm	32.37	11	2.19	45.57
3:36 pm	32.24	11.06	2.2	45.5
3:41 pm	31.95	11.13	2.2	45.29
3:46 pm	31.8	11.11	2.21	45.12
3:51 pm	31.45	11.12	2.21	44.78
3:56 pm	31.01	11.12	2.2	44.33
4:01 pm	30.58	11.05	2.19	43.82
4:07 pm	30.15	11.08	2.21	43.43
4:12 pm	30.03	11.09	2.22	43.33
4:17 pm	29.69	11.14	2.22	43.05
4:22 pm	29.16	11.16	2.22	42.54
4:27 pm	28.77	11.26	2.21	42.24
4:32 pm	28.24	11.25	2.22	41.71
4:37 pm	27.83	11.24	2.22	41.3
4:42 pm	27.07	11.26	2.22	40.55
4:47 pm	26.35	11.31	2.22	39.88
4:52 pm	25.91	11.43	2.22	39.56
4:57 pm	25.1	11.44	2.22	38.77
5:02 pm	24.4	11.59	2.23	38.22
5:07 pm	23.99	11.62	2.26	37.87
5:12 pm	23.68	11.7	2.28	37.66
5:17 pm	22.78	11.81	2.28	36.87
5:23 pm	21.87	11.89	2.28	36.04
5:28 pm	21.38	11.96	2.28	35.62
5:33 pm	20.83	12.03	2.28	35.14
5:38 pm	20.13	11.93	2.3	34.36
5:43 pm	19.42	12	2.29	33.71
5:48 pm	18.9	11.99	2.28	33.18
5:53 pm	18.2	12.16	2.31	32.68
5:58 pm	17.41	12.12	2.29	31.83
6:03 pm	16.98	12.21	2.3	31.49
6:08 pm	16.58	11.96	2.32	30.86
6:13 pm	16.07	12.09	2.33	30.49
6:18 pm	15.47	12.23	2.31	30.01
6:23 pm	14.88	12.26	2.31	29.45
6:28 pm	14.49	12.27	2.32	29.08
6:33 pm	14.02	12.4	2.3	28.71
6:38 pm	13.59	12.34	2.28	28.21
6:44 pm	13.23	12.59	2.28	28.09
6:49 pm	12.95	12.84	2.27	28.06
6:54 pm	12.5	13	2.27	27.77
6:59 pm	12.14	13.21	2.27	27.63
7:04 pm	11.99	13.41	2.26	27.65
7:09 pm	11.73	13.65	2.26	27.63
7:14 pm	11.39	13.91	2.26	27.56
7:19 pm	10.97	14.02	2.25	27.24
7:24 pm	10.9	14.14	2.25	27.29
7:29 pm	10.83	14.18	2.23	27.24
7:34 pm	10.72	14.12	2.24	27.08
7:39 pm	10.68	14.14	2.24	27.06
7:44 pm	10.6	14.13	2.26	26.99
7:49 pm	10.55	14.02	2.26	26.83
7:55 pm	10.6	14.02	2.26	26.89
8:00 pm	10.62	14.05	2.27	26.94
8:05 pm	10.56	14.02	2.28	26.86
8:10 pm	10.6	13.87	2.29	26.76
8:15 pm	10.52	13.78	2.3	26.6
8:20 pm	10.52	13.8	2.3	26.62
8:25 pm	10.38	13.77	2.29	26.44
8:30 pm	10.42	13.74	2.3	26.46
8:35 pm	10.46	13.65	2.29	26.4
8:40 pm	10.45	13.58	2.29	26.33
8:45 pm	10.5	13.59	2.29	26.39
8:50 pm	10.5	13.5	2.3	26.3
8:55 pm	10.47	13.48	2.3	26.24
9:00 pm	10.52	13.48	2.3	26.3
9:05 pm	10.52	13.33	2.31	26.16
9:11 pm	10.55	13.39	2.3	26.24
9:16 pm	10.53	13.43	2.3	26.26
9:21 pm	10.53	13.38	2.31	26.22
9:26 pm	10.44	13.4	2.31	26.15
9:31 pm	10.39	13.42	2.3	26.11
9:36 pm	10.37	13.35	2.31	26.03
9:41 pm	10.34	13.5	2.32	26.16
9:46 pm	10.39	13.5	2.32	26.21
9:51 pm	10.41	13.56	2.32	26.28
9:56 pm	10.33	13.42	2.32	26.07
10:01 pm	10.38	13.46	2.32	26.16
10:06 pm	10.32	13.49	2.32	26.13
10:11 pm	10.25	13.56	2.3	26.11
10:16 pm	10.2	13.58	2.31	26.09
10:21 pm	10.16	13.56	2.31	26.03
10:27 pm	10.13	13.6	2.31	26.03
10:32 pm	10.11	13.57	2.31	25.99
10:37 pm	10.12	13.45	2.31	25.88
10:42 pm	10.12	13.46	2.31	25.89
10:47 pm	10.12	13.38	2.32	25.82
10:52 pm	10.12	13.31	2.33	25.76
10:57 pm	10.1	13.21	2.32	25.64
11:02 pm	10.02	13.2	2.33	25.55
11:07 pm	9.99	13.21	2.34	25.54
11:12 pm	9.96	13.21	2.34	25.52
11:17 pm	9.99	13.2	2.35	25.54
11:22 pm	9.88	13.1	2.35	25.33
11:28 pm	9.84	13.08	2.35	25.26
11:33 pm	9.82	12.96	2.35	25.14
11:38 pm	9.82	12.93	2.35	25.11
11:43 pm	9.78	12.93	2.36	25.07
11:48 pm	9.83	12.93	2.37	25.12
11:53 pm	9.87	12.74	2.38	24.99
11:58 pm	9.85	12.71	2.38	24.94

Clean Share

50.6%

Demand

239.1 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.