Thermal Share Milestone

Thermal generation's share fell below 50%

India's thermal generation share fell below 50% at 9:46 am IST, with clean share at 48.4% and total demand at 225 GW.

16 Aug 2026, 9:46 am IST

Clean energy share by source across the day, in percent of total generation
Time (IST)	Renewable %	Hydro %	Nuclear %	Total clean %
12:02 am	9.42	13.43	2.33	25.18
12:08 am	9.48	13.48	2.33	25.3
12:13 am	9.46	13.54	2.33	25.33
12:18 am	9.43	13.56	2.33	25.32
12:23 am	9.38	13.61	2.34	25.33
12:28 am	9.37	13.56	2.35	25.28
12:33 am	9.38	13.59	2.35	25.33
12:38 am	9.41	13.52	2.36	25.3
12:43 am	9.35	13.58	2.36	25.29
12:48 am	9.35	13.52	2.36	25.23
12:53 am	9.33	13.47	2.38	25.18
12:58 am	9.3	13.51	2.39	25.2
1:03 am	9.29	13.57	2.39	25.25
1:08 am	9.33	13.54	2.4	25.27
1:13 am	9.34	13.43	2.4	25.16
1:19 am	9.31	13.38	2.42	25.11
1:24 am	9.24	13.36	2.41	25.01
1:29 am	9.21	13.27	2.43	24.91
1:34 am	9.18	13.32	2.43	24.93
1:39 am	9.18	13.3	2.44	24.93
1:44 am	9.16	13.29	2.44	24.88
1:49 am	9.1	13.34	2.46	24.9
1:54 am	9.09	13.35	2.46	24.9
1:59 am	9.01	13.37	2.46	24.85
2:04 am	8.98	13.37	2.48	24.83
2:09 am	8.93	13.38	2.47	24.78
2:14 am	8.91	13.4	2.47	24.78
2:19 am	8.84	13.42	2.48	24.74
2:24 am	8.84	13.38	2.48	24.7
2:29 am	8.86	13.39	2.48	24.72
2:35 am	8.9	13.39	2.48	24.77
2:40 am	8.98	13.35	2.48	24.81
2:45 am	9.07	13.35	2.48	24.9
2:50 am	9.16	13.4	2.49	25.05
2:55 am	9.22	13.46	2.49	25.16
3:00 am	9.21	13.44	2.49	25.15
3:05 am	9.25	13.49	2.5	25.24
3:10 am	9.23	13.48	2.52	25.22
3:15 am	9.25	13.47	2.53	25.25
3:20 am	9.21	13.49	2.52	25.21
3:25 am	9.23	13.47	2.53	25.23
3:30 am	9.27	13.45	2.51	25.23
3:35 am	9.22	13.53	2.52	25.27
3:41 am	9.2	13.62	2.53	25.35
3:46 am	9.22	13.63	2.54	25.38
3:51 am	9.18	13.73	2.55	25.46
3:56 am	9.16	13.75	2.54	25.46
4:01 am	9.16	13.77	2.55	25.48
4:06 am	9.13	13.81	2.55	25.49
4:11 am	9.04	13.84	2.55	25.43
4:16 am	9.02	13.9	2.53	25.45
4:21 am	8.96	13.94	2.54	25.43
4:26 am	8.9	13.88	2.54	25.31
4:31 am	8.82	13.91	2.54	25.27
4:36 am	8.78	13.89	2.54	25.21
4:41 am	8.74	13.87	2.54	25.15
4:46 am	8.66	13.82	2.52	25.01
4:51 am	8.84	13.77	2.52	25.14
4:56 am	8.68	13.75	2.51	24.94
5:02 am	8.65	13.77	2.52	24.93
5:07 am	8.63	13.83	2.51	24.96
5:12 am	8.59	13.79	2.49	24.87
5:17 am	8.59	13.81	2.49	24.89
5:22 am	8.59	13.79	2.48	24.86
5:27 am	8.53	13.89	2.47	24.89
5:32 am	8.48	13.85	2.46	24.79
5:37 am	8.47	13.95	2.47	24.89
5:42 am	8.38	13.86	2.46	24.7
5:47 am	8.34	13.91	2.46	24.7
5:52 am	8.3	13.97	2.45	24.72
5:57 am	8.28	14.04	2.45	24.76
6:02 am	8.28	14.09	2.45	24.81
6:07 am	8.77	14.08	2.45	25.29
6:12 am	8.78	13.85	2.45	25.08
6:18 am	8.77	13.75	2.45	24.97
6:23 am	8.77	13.8	2.43	25.01
6:28 am	8.97	13.65	2.42	25.04
6:33 am	9.24	13.63	2.44	25.3
6:38 am	9.49	13.68	2.42	25.6
6:43 am	10.01	13.62	2.41	26.04
6:48 am	10.32	13.54	2.42	26.29
6:53 am	10.8	13.57	2.43	26.8
6:58 am	11.31	13.55	2.42	27.28
7:03 am	11.7	13.54	2.42	27.65
7:08 am	12.07	13.31	2.42	27.8
7:13 am	12.74	13.39	2.41	28.54
7:18 am	13.51	13.3	2.4	29.21
7:23 am	13.96	13.24	2.4	29.59
7:29 am	14.46	13.2	2.4	30.07
7:34 am	15.48	13.32	2.4	31.2
7:39 am	16.53	13.19	2.41	32.12
7:44 am	17.22	13.16	2.41	32.79
7:49 am	18.41	13.17	2.43	34.01
7:54 am	19.29	13.07	2.42	34.78
7:59 am	20.58	12.94	2.43	35.94
8:04 am	21.7	12.96	2.44	37.1
8:09 am	22.26	12.81	2.44	37.51
8:14 am	22.89	12.71	2.42	38.01
8:19 am	23.75	12.63	2.41	38.79
8:24 am	24.57	12.83	2.4	39.8
8:29 am	25.23	12.77	2.38	40.38
8:34 am	25.84	12.74	2.37	40.94
8:39 am	26.77	12.65	2.35	41.77
8:45 am	27.44	12.6	2.37	42.4
8:50 am	27.76	12.48	2.37	42.6
8:55 am	28.45	12.31	2.38	43.14
9:00 am	28.98	12.24	2.4	43.62
9:05 am	29.87	12.19	2.42	44.47
9:10 am	30.36	12.21	2.41	44.97
9:15 am	30.9	12.15	2.41	45.46
9:20 am	31.38	12.12	2.4	45.9
9:25 am	32.1	12.14	2.42	46.67
9:30 am	32.74	12.1	2.41	47.25
9:35 am	33.08	11.98	2.42	47.48
9:40 am	33.9	11.7	2.41	48.02
9:46 am	34.34	11.62	2.42	48.38
9:51 am	34.4	11.61	2.43	48.43
9:56 am	34.46	11.61	2.43	48.5
10:01 am	35.09	11.48	2.43	49
10:06 am	35.23	11.41	2.43	49.08
10:11 am	35.45	11.25	2.44	49.14
10:16 am	35.72	11.23	2.43	49.39
10:21 am	35.21	11.4	2.45	49.06
10:26 am	35.21	11.47	2.43	49.12
10:31 am	35.61	11.4	2.42	49.43
10:36 am	35.5	11.52	2.43	49.45
10:41 am	35.61	11.54	2.44	49.59
10:46 am	35.53	11.56	2.43	49.53
10:51 am	35.38	11.56	2.43	49.36
10:56 am	35.38	11.51	2.43	49.32
11:02 am	35.46	11.53	2.43	49.42
11:07 am	35.34	11.52	2.46	49.32
11:12 am	35.4	11.49	2.45	49.34
11:17 am	35.47	11.48	2.45	49.41
11:22 am	35.39	11.53	2.46	49.37
11:27 am	35.38	11.52	2.46	49.37
11:32 am	35.4	11.5	2.46	49.36
11:37 am	35.76	11.41	2.46	49.64
11:42 am	35.75	11.37	2.47	49.59
11:47 am	35.84	11.34	2.47	49.65
11:52 am	35.96	11.28	2.46	49.7
11:57 am	35.92	11.26	2.45	49.63
12:02 pm	36.07	11.32	2.46	49.85
12:07 pm	36.3	11.33	2.47	50.11
12:12 pm	36.71	11.32	2.49	50.53
12:17 pm	36.69	11.34	2.48	50.52
12:23 pm	36.53	11.33	2.48	50.34
12:28 pm	36.41	11.34	2.49	50.24
12:33 pm	36.46	11.36	2.5	50.32
12:38 pm	36.32	11.38	2.49	50.19
12:43 pm	36.19	11.42	2.5	50.11
12:48 pm	36.03	11.44	2.52	49.99
12:53 pm	35.91	11.46	2.5	49.87
12:58 pm	35.65	11.52	2.51	49.68
1:03 pm	35.72	11.51	2.51	49.74
1:08 pm	35.75	11.6	2.53	49.89
1:13 pm	35.73	11.62	2.55	49.89
1:18 pm	35.73	11.61	2.54	49.88
1:23 pm	35.81	11.57	2.53	49.9
1:28 pm	36.03	11.52	2.52	50.08
1:33 pm	36.14	11.5	2.52	50.17
1:39 pm	36.12	11.46	2.54	50.13
1:44 pm	35.98	11.5	2.54	50.01
1:49 pm	35.98	11.48	2.53	49.99
1:54 pm	35.5	11.5	2.53	49.53
1:59 pm	35.03	11.5	2.53	49.06
2:04 pm	35.02	11.5	2.52	49.04
2:09 pm	35.18	11.44	2.56	49.18
2:14 pm	34.95	11.42	2.54	48.91
2:19 pm	35.19	11.36	2.51	49.06
2:24 pm	35.41	11.35	2.53	49.29
2:29 pm	35.09	11.28	2.54	48.9
2:34 pm	35.41	11.22	2.52	49.16
2:39 pm	35.39	11.29	2.53	49.21
2:44 pm	35.25	11.3	2.53	49.08
2:50 pm	35.6	11.21	2.5	49.31
2:55 pm	35.9	11.23	2.52	49.65
3:00 pm	35.79	11.27	2.52	49.58
3:05 pm	35.6	11.27	2.52	49.39
3:10 pm	35.02	11.22	2.53	48.78
3:15 pm	34.88	11.19	2.54	48.61
3:20 pm	34.89	11.17	2.51	48.57
3:25 pm	34.86	11.2	2.53	48.6
3:30 pm	34.3	11.2	2.52	48.02
3:35 pm	34.59	11.17	2.53	48.29
3:40 pm	34.57	11.29	2.53	48.38
3:45 pm	34.32	11.3	2.53	48.16
3:50 pm	34.41	11.26	2.53	48.2
3:55 pm	33.98	11.3	2.53	47.82
4:00 pm	33.59	11.28	2.54	47.42
4:06 pm	32.96	11.42	2.54	46.92
4:11 pm	32.55	11.59	2.56	46.7
4:16 pm	32.04	11.63	2.56	46.23
4:21 pm	31.36	11.62	2.56	45.54
4:26 pm	30.94	11.61	2.56	45.11
4:31 pm	30.25	11.61	2.55	44.41
4:36 pm	29.72	11.76	2.56	44.04
4:41 pm	29.06	11.89	2.54	43.49
4:46 pm	28.46	11.87	2.55	42.88
4:51 pm	27.74	11.99	2.56	42.28
4:56 pm	26.9	12.08	2.56	41.54
5:01 pm	26.25	12.21	2.56	41.01
5:06 pm	25.82	12.21	2.57	40.59
5:11 pm	25.21	12.47	2.61	40.29
5:16 pm	24.43	12.59	2.61	39.64
5:22 pm	23.99	12.59	2.62	39.19
5:27 pm	23.59	12.63	2.63	38.84
5:32 pm	22.76	12.59	2.63	37.98
5:37 pm	22.04	12.49	2.63	37.16
5:42 pm	21.57	12.58	2.63	36.78
5:47 pm	20.66	12.6	2.64	35.9
5:52 pm	20.04	12.66	2.63	35.33
5:57 pm	19.17	12.79	2.63	34.59
6:02 pm	18.66	12.73	2.63	34.02
6:07 pm	17.91	12.84	2.65	33.41
6:12 pm	17.25	13.07	2.64	32.95
6:17 pm	16.68	13.11	2.62	32.4
6:22 pm	16.15	13.17	2.62	31.94
6:27 pm	15.37	13.22	2.62	31.21
6:32 pm	14.6	13.37	2.58	30.54
6:37 pm	14.09	13.22	2.57	29.87
6:42 pm	13.78	13.31	2.57	29.66
6:48 pm	13.25	13.57	2.55	29.37
6:53 pm	12.8	13.5	2.52	28.81
6:58 pm	12.54	13.61	2.51	28.65
7:03 pm	12.3	13.67	2.49	28.46
7:08 pm	12.03	13.53	2.48	28.03
7:13 pm	11.8	13.8	2.47	28.06
7:18 pm	11.68	13.79	2.45	27.91
7:23 pm	10.79	13.88	2.46	27.13
7:28 pm	10.71	13.86	2.44	27.01
7:33 pm	10.69	13.79	2.43	26.91
7:38 pm	10.58	13.82	2.43	26.83
7:43 pm	10.48	13.9	2.4	26.78
7:49 pm	10.41	13.82	2.42	26.64
7:54 pm	10.41	13.85	2.4	26.66
7:59 pm	10.34	13.89	2.41	26.64
8:04 pm	10.45	13.9	2.41	26.76
8:09 pm	10.41	13.93	2.42	26.76
8:14 pm	10.37	13.95	2.42	26.74
8:19 pm	10.39	13.91	2.41	26.71
8:24 pm	10.38	13.9	2.4	26.68
8:29 pm	10.33	14.01	2.41	26.75
8:34 pm	10.37	14.04	2.42	26.83
8:39 pm	10.31	13.99	2.41	26.7
8:44 pm	10.26	14	2.41	26.67
8:49 pm	10.24	13.94	2.42	26.6
8:54 pm	10.2	13.96	2.41	26.57
8:59 pm	10.18	13.92	2.41	26.51
9:04 pm	10.16	13.79	2.41	26.35
9:10 pm	10.18	13.79	2.41	26.37
9:15 pm	10.19	13.8	2.4	26.39
9:20 pm	10.1	13.84	2.4	26.33
9:25 pm	10.04	13.82	2.4	26.26
9:30 pm	10.02	13.8	2.4	26.22
9:35 pm	10.09	13.77	2.4	26.26
9:40 pm	10.06	13.79	2.4	26.25
9:45 pm	10.13	13.82	2.41	26.37
9:50 pm	10.11	13.8	2.41	26.33
9:55 pm	10.11	13.84	2.44	26.39
10:00 pm	10.1	13.89	2.44	26.42
10:05 pm	10.1	13.77	2.44	26.31
10:10 pm	10.09	13.7	2.44	26.23
10:15 pm	10.08	13.73	2.43	26.23
10:20 pm	10.06	13.76	2.42	26.24
10:26 pm	10.1	13.75	2.43	26.28
10:31 pm	10.11	13.73	2.43	26.28
10:36 pm	10.11	13.62	2.43	26.16
10:41 pm	10.1	13.49	2.43	26.03
10:46 pm	10.16	13.54	2.42	26.13
10:51 pm	10.19	13.27	2.42	25.88
10:56 pm	10.17	13.25	2.42	25.85
11:01 pm	10.21	13.24	2.44	25.89
11:06 pm	10.27	13.29	2.44	26.01
11:11 pm	10.35	12.93	2.45	25.73
11:16 pm	10.45	13.06	2.47	25.98
11:21 pm	10.43	12.93	2.46	25.82
11:26 pm	10.44	12.96	2.47	25.88
11:31 pm	10.49	12.97	2.48	25.94
11:36 pm	10.5	12.99	2.47	25.96
11:41 pm	10.51	12.91	2.5	25.92
11:46 pm	10.48	12.95	2.5	25.94
11:52 pm	10.44	12.98	2.52	25.94
11:57 pm	10.42	13	2.5	25.92

Clean Share

48.4%

Demand

225.2 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.