Clean Share Milestone

India's clean electricity share crossed 50%

India's clean electricity share crossed 50% at 1:02 pm IST, with clean share at 50.1% and total demand at 250 GW.

21 Aug 2026, 1:02 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	8.84	13.25	2.32	24.41
12:07 am	8.78	13.05	2.34	24.17
12:12 am	8.72	12.92	2.35	23.99
12:17 am	8.77	12.91	2.34	24.01
12:22 am	8.69	12.97	2.35	24.01
12:28 am	8.7	12.94	2.36	24
12:33 am	8.7	12.85	2.36	23.92
12:38 am	8.64	12.92	2.38	23.93
12:43 am	8.6	12.94	2.38	23.93
12:48 am	8.54	13.02	2.38	23.94
12:53 am	8.5	13.04	2.39	23.92
12:58 am	8.49	13.03	2.39	23.91
1:03 am	8.48	12.97	2.4	23.84
1:08 am	8.5	12.99	2.41	23.9
1:13 am	8.53	12.98	2.42	23.94
1:18 am	8.52	12.95	2.41	23.88
1:23 am	8.48	13.03	2.43	23.94
1:28 am	8.46	12.87	2.42	23.74
1:33 am	8.46	12.87	2.42	23.75
1:38 am	8.45	12.77	2.42	23.64
1:44 am	8.46	12.74	2.44	23.64
1:49 am	8.48	12.75	2.44	23.68
1:54 am	8.47	12.67	2.45	23.6
1:59 am	8.54	12.69	2.47	23.69
2:04 am	8.53	12.68	2.46	23.68
2:09 am	8.54	12.58	2.47	23.59
2:14 am	8.54	12.57	2.47	23.57
2:19 am	8.54	12.49	2.48	23.51
2:24 am	8.6	12.36	2.48	23.45
2:29 am	8.59	12.31	2.48	23.37
2:34 am	8.62	12.24	2.48	23.34
2:39 am	8.66	12.14	2.49	23.3
2:44 am	8.63	12.08	2.48	23.19
2:49 am	8.56	12.08	2.49	23.13
2:54 am	8.56	12.02	2.48	23.06
2:59 am	8.53	11.96	2.48	22.98
3:05 am	8.49	11.96	2.5	22.95
3:10 am	8.5	12.02	2.52	23.04
3:15 am	8.51	11.97	2.51	22.99
3:20 am	8.5	11.95	2.51	22.96
3:25 am	8.47	12.03	2.5	22.99
3:30 am	8.43	11.99	2.51	22.93
3:35 am	8.37	11.99	2.52	22.89
3:40 am	8.36	12	2.52	22.88
3:45 am	8.37	11.94	2.51	22.82
3:50 am	8.33	11.91	2.53	22.77
3:55 am	8.3	11.91	2.53	22.75
4:00 am	8.31	11.94	2.53	22.78
4:05 am	8.27	12.01	2.53	22.81
4:10 am	8.22	12.09	2.52	22.83
4:15 am	8.2	12.1	2.52	22.82
4:21 am	8.16	12.22	2.52	22.9
4:26 am	8.13	12.25	2.52	22.9
4:31 am	8.13	12.27	2.52	22.92
4:36 am	8.06	12.33	2.52	22.9
4:41 am	8.03	12.38	2.51	22.92
4:46 am	8.04	12.39	2.53	22.96
4:51 am	8.15	12.49	2.5	23.14
4:56 am	8.1	12.43	2.5	23.03
5:01 am	8.02	12.42	2.49	22.93
5:06 am	8.02	12.47	2.5	23
5:11 am	7.96	12.57	2.49	23.03
5:16 am	7.92	12.55	2.48	22.95
5:21 am	7.89	12.64	2.47	23
5:27 am	7.78	12.75	2.47	23
5:32 am	7.79	12.8	2.46	23.05
5:37 am	7.73	12.83	2.45	23
5:42 am	7.69	12.76	2.43	22.88
5:47 am	7.68	12.75	2.44	22.87
5:52 am	7.65	12.85	2.45	22.95
5:57 am	7.68	12.92	2.43	23.04
6:02 am	7.71	12.95	2.44	23.09
6:07 am	7.74	13.05	2.45	23.24
6:12 am	7.68	13.26	2.43	23.38
6:17 am	7.66	13.33	2.42	23.41
6:22 am	7.71	13.45	2.41	23.57
6:27 am	7.96	13.76	2.4	24.12
6:32 am	8.05	13.75	2.4	24.2
6:37 am	8.23	13.8	2.4	24.42
6:42 am	8.51	13.79	2.38	24.68
6:47 am	8.76	13.74	2.38	24.88
6:52 am	8.96	13.66	2.38	25
6:58 am	9.51	13.53	2.38	25.43
7:03 am	10.09	13.46	2.39	25.94
7:08 am	10.42	13.44	2.39	26.25
7:13 am	10.92	13.25	2.38	26.55
7:18 am	11.32	13.17	2.37	26.86
7:23 am	11.79	13.16	2.38	27.33
7:28 am	12.81	12.73	2.39	27.92
7:33 am	13.38	12.66	2.38	28.42
7:38 am	13.98	12.55	2.38	28.91
7:43 am	14.82	12.32	2.39	29.53
7:48 am	15.8	12.16	2.38	30.34
7:53 am	16.5	11.93	2.38	30.81
7:58 am	17.21	11.77	2.4	31.38
8:03 am	18.24	11.6	2.4	32.23
8:08 am	19.11	11.39	2.4	32.9
8:14 am	19.72	11.24	2.37	33.33
8:19 am	20.31	11.11	2.36	33.77
8:24 am	21.25	11.08	2.35	34.68
8:29 am	22.06	10.95	2.33	35.34
8:34 am	22.64	10.96	2.34	35.94
8:39 am	23.35	10.86	2.33	36.53
8:44 am	23.9	10.83	2.31	37.05
8:49 am	24.75	10.73	2.31	37.79
8:54 am	25.43	10.59	2.3	38.33
8:59 am	26	10.54	2.3	38.83
9:04 am	26.76	10.44	2.3	39.5
9:09 am	27.46	10.29	2.27	40.02
9:14 am	27.98	10.32	2.24	40.53
9:19 am	28.36	10.38	2.25	40.99
9:24 am	28.84	10.36	2.23	41.43
9:29 am	29.6	10.33	2.23	42.16
9:34 am	30.18	10.29	2.23	42.7
9:40 am	30.85	10.25	2.21	43.31
9:45 am	31.57	10.2	2.21	43.97
9:50 am	31.93	10.17	2.21	44.31
9:55 am	32.14	10.15	2.21	44.5
10:00 am	32.84	10.15	2.21	45.2
10:05 am	33.1	10.13	2.23	45.45
10:10 am	33.31	10.05	2.22	45.58
10:15 am	33.82	10.03	2.22	46.06
10:20 am	34.12	9.98	2.22	46.31
10:25 am	34.5	9.97	2.22	46.69
10:30 am	34.8	10.01	2.21	47.01
10:35 am	34.91	9.9	2.2	47.01
10:40 am	35.21	9.86	2.21	47.27
10:45 am	35.67	9.94	2.2	47.81
10:50 am	35.97	9.91	2.21	48.09
10:56 am	36.35	9.84	2.21	48.4
11:01 am	36.45	9.99	2.2	48.64
11:06 am	36.45	10.04	2.19	48.68
11:11 am	36.73	9.96	2.2	48.89
11:16 am	36.91	9.92	2.2	49.03
11:21 am	37.16	9.93	2.2	49.29
11:26 am	37.11	9.96	2.21	49.28
11:31 am	37.07	10.05	2.21	49.33
11:36 am	37.31	10.19	2.2	49.7
11:41 am	37.18	10.24	2.2	49.62
11:46 am	37.18	10.26	2.2	49.64
11:51 am	37.21	10.2	2.21	49.61
11:56 am	37.44	10.19	2.21	49.84
12:01 pm	37.52	10.23	2.21	49.95
12:06 pm	37.52	10.19	2.22	49.92
12:11 pm	37.6	10.15	2.23	49.98
12:16 pm	37.55	10.12	2.23	49.91
12:21 pm	37.5	10.11	2.23	49.84
12:27 pm	37.32	10.2	2.22	49.74
12:32 pm	37.4	10.15	2.22	49.77
12:37 pm	37.45	10.06	2.23	49.75
12:42 pm	37.45	10.05	2.21	49.7
12:47 pm	37.47	10.05	2.21	49.72
12:52 pm	37.27	10.08	2.22	49.57
12:57 pm	37.44	10.15	2.21	49.8
1:02 pm	37.67	10.17	2.22	50.06
1:07 pm	38.01	10.07	2.23	50.31
1:12 pm	38.21	10.04	2.25	50.5
1:17 pm	38.45	9.92	2.25	50.62
1:22 pm	38.34	9.89	2.25	50.48
1:27 pm	38.2	9.85	2.25	50.3
1:32 pm	38.16	9.79	2.24	50.19
1:37 pm	37.93	9.78	2.24	49.95
1:42 pm	37.88	9.77	2.23	49.88
1:47 pm	37.9	9.68	2.23	49.82
1:53 pm	37.67	9.75	2.23	49.65
1:58 pm	37.65	9.72	2.21	49.58
2:03 pm	37.42	9.68	2.21	49.32
2:08 pm	37.36	9.57	2.23	49.16
2:13 pm	37.13	9.61	2.21	48.95
2:18 pm	36.96	9.58	2.21	48.75
2:23 pm	36.97	9.41	2.19	48.58
2:28 pm	36.84	9.37	2.19	48.4
2:33 pm	36.51	9.42	2.19	48.11
2:38 pm	36.03	9.5	2.19	47.72
2:43 pm	35.88	9.5	2.18	47.57
2:48 pm	35.61	9.51	2.17	47.29
2:53 pm	35.35	9.52	2.16	47.03
2:58 pm	34.79	9.53	2.16	46.49
3:03 pm	34.51	9.56	2.15	46.23
3:08 pm	34.17	9.54	2.18	45.89
3:14 pm	33.91	9.61	2.18	45.7
3:19 pm	33.54	9.6	2.18	45.32
3:24 pm	33.38	9.6	2.17	45.14
3:29 pm	32.89	9.61	2.18	44.68
3:34 pm	32.6	9.61	2.17	44.38
3:39 pm	32.14	9.5	2.17	43.81
3:44 pm	31.69	9.53	2.17	43.4
3:49 pm	31.38	9.55	2.17	43.09
3:54 pm	31.1	9.59	2.16	42.85
3:59 pm	30.73	9.7	2.17	42.6
4:04 pm	30.42	9.69	2.17	42.28
4:09 pm	30.04	9.67	2.2	41.92
4:14 pm	29.59	9.72	2.21	41.51
4:19 pm	29.14	9.7	2.2	41.03
4:24 pm	28.76	9.76	2.2	40.72
4:29 pm	28.02	9.8	2.2	40.02
4:34 pm	27.67	9.89	2.2	39.75
4:39 pm	27.09	9.96	2.21	39.26
4:44 pm	26.21	10.01	2.22	38.43
4:49 pm	25.82	9.99	2.22	38.04
4:55 pm	25.37	10.07	2.22	37.66
5:00 pm	24.64	10.15	2.23	37.02
5:05 pm	24	10.14	2.24	36.38
5:10 pm	23.74	10.18	2.26	36.18
5:15 pm	23.38	10.21	2.27	35.86
5:20 pm	22.95	10.33	2.25	35.53
5:25 pm	22.52	10.34	2.26	35.13
5:30 pm	22.27	10.34	2.25	34.86
5:35 pm	21.74	10.49	2.26	34.5
5:40 pm	21.44	10.59	2.27	34.31
5:45 pm	21.21	10.64	2.37	34.21
5:50 pm	20.78	11.11	2.26	34.15
5:55 pm	20.4	11.28	2.25	33.94
6:00 pm	16.9	11.62	2.29	30.81
6:06 pm	16.63	11.47	2.3	30.4
6:11 pm	16.41	11.58	2.32	30.3
6:16 pm	15.45	11.94	2.3	29.69
6:21 pm	15	12.15	2.3	29.45
6:26 pm	14.6	12.32	2.3	29.23
6:31 pm	14.11	12.56	2.29	28.95
6:36 pm	13.62	12.59	2.3	28.51
6:41 pm	13.34	12.8	2.29	28.42
6:46 pm	13.11	13.18	2.27	28.56
6:51 pm	12.79	13.41	2.26	28.46
6:56 pm	12.51	13.59	2.26	28.36
7:01 pm	11.78	13.65	2.25	27.69
7:06 pm	11.55	13.8	2.26	27.61
7:11 pm	11.33	13.84	2.23	27.41
7:16 pm	11.22	13.82	2.24	27.29
7:21 pm	10.78	13.87	2.24	26.9
7:27 pm	10.81	13.93	2.23	26.97
7:32 pm	10.77	13.91	2.25	26.93
7:37 pm	10.72	13.87	2.24	26.84
7:42 pm	10.7	13.89	2.22	26.81
7:47 pm	10.68	13.87	2.24	26.78
7:52 pm	10.63	13.88	2.24	26.75
7:57 pm	10.62	13.89	2.24	26.74
8:02 pm	10.61	13.86	2.24	26.72
8:07 pm	10.6	13.91	2.27	26.78
8:12 pm	10.54	13.81	2.27	26.62
8:17 pm	10.52	13.73	2.26	26.51
8:22 pm	10.55	13.66	2.25	26.47
8:27 pm	10.63	13.4	2.26	26.3
8:32 pm	10.64	13.25	2.27	26.16
8:37 pm	10.58	13.22	2.27	26.07
8:43 pm	10.6	13.11	2.28	25.99
8:48 pm	10.63	13.16	2.27	26.06
8:53 pm	10.66	13.05	2.28	25.99
8:58 pm	10.68	13.05	2.28	26.01
9:03 pm	10.66	12.89	2.29	25.83
9:08 pm	10.65	12.83	2.29	25.76
9:13 pm	10.58	12.88	2.28	25.75
9:18 pm	10.61	12.97	2.29	25.87
9:23 pm	10.53	12.98	2.29	25.8
9:28 pm	10.53	12.97	2.29	25.79
9:33 pm	10.51	13.06	2.29	25.86
9:38 pm	10.47	13.02	2.29	25.78
9:43 pm	10.45	13.1	2.28	25.83
9:49 pm	10.37	13.21	2.28	25.86
9:54 pm	10.34	13.22	2.29	25.85
9:59 pm	10.31	13.34	2.3	25.95
10:04 pm	10.3	13.3	2.29	25.88
10:09 pm	10.29	13.13	2.3	25.72
10:14 pm	10.25	13.09	2.28	25.62
10:19 pm	10.23	12.98	2.28	25.49
10:24 pm	10.28	12.99	2.29	25.55
10:29 pm	10.25	13.07	2.29	25.61
10:34 pm	10.26	13.08	2.29	25.62
10:39 pm	10.21	13.11	2.29	25.62
10:44 pm	10.2	13.1	2.3	25.61
10:49 pm	10.3	13.15	2.32	25.76
10:54 pm	10.23	12.98	2.31	25.51
10:59 pm	10.23	12.93	2.32	25.47
11:05 pm	10.28	12.89	2.32	25.49
11:10 pm	10.25	12.85	2.33	25.42
11:15 pm	10.22	12.72	2.33	25.27
11:20 pm	10.21	12.7	2.32	25.24
11:25 pm	10.13	12.7	2.33	25.16
11:30 pm	10.1	12.7	2.33	25.14
11:35 pm	10.14	12.69	2.36	25.19
11:40 pm	10.17	12.68	2.36	25.22
11:45 pm	10.15	12.55	2.37	25.07
11:50 pm	10.18	12.47	2.38	25.03
11:55 pm	10.14	12.49	2.38	25.01

Clean Share

50.1%

Demand

250.4 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.