Clean Share Milestone

India's clean electricity share crossed 50%

India's clean electricity share crossed 50% at 2:32 pm IST, with clean share at 50.0% and total demand at 241 GW.

17 Aug 2026, 2:32 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	10.43	12.91	2.53	25.87
12:07 am	10.48	12.87	2.53	25.88
12:12 am	10.46	12.84	2.55	25.85
12:17 am	10.51	12.86	2.54	25.91
12:22 am	10.51	12.89	2.55	25.94
12:27 am	10.65	12.87	2.55	26.07
12:32 am	10.69	12.93	2.56	26.18
12:37 am	10.75	12.91	2.56	26.21
12:42 am	10.77	12.9	2.57	26.24
12:47 am	10.75	12.93	2.59	26.26
12:52 am	10.75	12.89	2.59	26.23
12:57 am	10.77	12.91	2.6	26.28
1:02 am	10.78	12.91	2.6	26.29
1:07 am	10.89	12.87	2.6	26.36
1:12 am	10.93	12.88	2.61	26.42
1:18 am	11.01	12.91	2.63	26.55
1:23 am	10.97	12.86	2.63	26.45
1:28 am	11.06	12.84	2.64	26.54
1:33 am	11.05	12.91	2.65	26.61
1:38 am	11.03	12.92	2.66	26.61
1:43 am	11.08	12.89	2.65	26.62
1:48 am	10.9	12.97	2.67	26.54
1:53 am	10.95	12.97	2.67	26.59
1:58 am	10.95	12.96	2.68	26.58
2:03 am	10.9	13	2.69	26.6
2:08 am	10.86	13.01	2.7	26.57
2:13 am	10.78	13.05	2.7	26.54
2:18 am	10.77	13.09	2.71	26.56
2:23 am	10.64	13.11	2.71	26.46
2:28 am	10.55	13.1	2.72	26.37
2:33 am	10.56	13.12	2.72	26.39
2:38 am	10.56	13.13	2.72	26.41
2:43 am	10.49	13.13	2.72	26.34
2:48 am	10.45	13.15	2.73	26.33
2:53 am	10.4	13.2	2.73	26.33
2:59 am	10.4	13.23	2.73	26.36
3:04 am	10.35	13.39	2.74	26.47
3:09 am	10.3	13.39	2.74	26.43
3:14 am	10.25	13.4	2.74	26.39
3:19 am	10.19	13.4	2.75	26.33
3:24 am	10.07	13.37	2.74	26.18
3:29 am	10.02	13.39	2.75	26.16
3:34 am	9.96	13.44	2.76	26.16
3:39 am	9.88	13.44	2.76	26.08
3:44 am	9.76	13.46	2.77	25.98
3:49 am	9.69	13.46	2.77	25.92
3:54 am	9.59	13.47	2.76	25.82
3:59 am	9.5	13.4	2.77	25.66
4:04 am	9.4	13.38	2.79	25.57
4:09 am	9.33	13.41	2.78	25.52
4:14 am	9.23	13.42	2.76	25.4
4:19 am	9.15	13.47	2.75	25.37
4:25 am	9.09	13.46	2.74	25.29
4:30 am	9.06	13.49	2.75	25.3
4:35 am	9.05	13.44	2.74	25.22
4:40 am	9.03	13.49	2.74	25.26
4:45 am	9.01	13.56	2.74	25.31
4:50 am	9.15	13.49	2.72	25.36
4:55 am	9.1	13.53	2.73	25.36
5:00 am	9.11	13.57	2.71	25.38
5:05 am	9.09	13.61	2.71	25.41
5:10 am	9.02	13.68	2.68	25.39
5:15 am	8.89	13.61	2.66	25.16
5:20 am	8.82	13.57	2.67	25.06
5:25 am	8.74	13.66	2.65	25.05
5:30 am	8.66	13.6	2.62	24.89
5:35 am	8.58	13.6	2.63	24.81
5:40 am	8.56	13.6	2.64	24.81
5:46 am	8.49	13.5	2.62	24.61
5:51 am	8.51	13.5	2.62	24.63
5:56 am	8.49	13.5	2.62	24.61
6:01 am	8.48	13.5	2.62	24.6
6:06 am	8.92	13.44	2.61	24.97
6:11 am	8.92	13.23	2.6	24.75
6:16 am	8.88	13.23	2.58	24.69
6:21 am	8.82	13.3	2.57	24.69
6:26 am	8.87	13.23	2.57	24.67
6:31 am	9.07	13.17	2.55	24.78
6:36 am	9.19	13.14	2.52	24.85
6:41 am	9.39	13.15	2.51	25.05
6:46 am	9.52	13.25	2.51	25.28
6:51 am	9.77	13.19	2.52	25.48
6:56 am	10.16	13.1	2.51	25.77
7:01 am	10.4	13.05	2.53	25.98
7:06 am	10.72	13	2.54	26.26
7:11 am	11.53	12.97	2.52	27.02
7:17 am	11.99	12.99	2.51	27.49
7:22 am	12.42	13.01	2.51	27.94
7:27 am	13.2	13	2.5	28.7
7:32 am	14.17	12.93	2.51	29.61
7:37 am	14.68	12.62	2.53	29.83
7:42 am	15.24	12.57	2.52	30.33
7:47 am	16.24	12.54	2.52	31.3
7:52 am	17.68	12.42	2.52	32.62
7:57 am	18.4	12.38	2.51	33.29
8:02 am	19.29	12.27	2.52	34.07
8:07 am	20.53	11.97	2.51	35.01
8:12 am	21.57	11.79	2.49	35.85
8:17 am	22.4	11.78	2.49	36.66
8:22 am	23.13	11.73	2.47	37.34
8:28 am	24.15	11.64	2.47	38.26
8:33 am	24.99	11.61	2.45	39.04
8:38 am	25.38	11.56	2.44	39.38
8:43 am	26.13	11.41	2.41	39.96
8:48 am	26.56	11.41	2.41	40.39
8:53 am	27.05	11.33	2.41	40.79
8:58 am	27.58	11.24	2.39	41.21
9:03 am	28.43	11.22	2.38	42.03
9:08 am	28.66	11.24	2.4	42.3
9:13 am	29.38	11.25	2.35	42.98
9:18 am	29.64	11.24	2.34	43.22
9:23 am	29.97	11.16	2.33	43.46
9:28 am	30.11	11.16	2.33	43.59
9:33 am	30.43	11.14	2.33	43.9
9:39 am	30.76	11.1	2.32	44.18
9:44 am	31.41	11.05	2.32	44.78
9:49 am	31.91	11.05	2.31	45.27
9:54 am	32.71	10.99	2.3	46.01
9:59 am	33.43	10.9	2.28	46.61
10:04 am	33.9	10.87	2.27	47.05
10:09 am	34.68	10.72	2.28	47.67
10:14 am	34.94	10.75	2.26	47.95
10:19 am	35.2	10.66	2.28	48.14
10:24 am	35.59	10.61	2.27	48.48
10:29 am	36.03	10.46	2.29	48.78
10:34 am	36.35	10.52	2.29	49.16
10:39 am	36.2	10.64	2.3	49.13
10:44 am	36.23	10.66	2.29	49.18
10:49 am	36.11	10.68	2.29	49.08
10:54 am	36.22	10.68	2.28	49.18
10:59 am	36.27	10.71	2.28	49.26
11:05 am	36.92	10.57	2.31	49.79
11:10 am	36.95	10.58	2.31	49.84
11:15 am	37.01	10.6	2.29	49.91
11:20 am	37.09	10.57	2.3	49.96
11:25 am	37.28	10.56	2.31	50.15
11:30 am	37.39	10.52	2.31	50.22
11:35 am	37.39	10.54	2.29	50.22
11:40 am	37.39	10.47	2.31	50.17
11:45 am	37.75	10.47	2.3	50.52
11:50 am	38.02	10.5	2.3	50.81
11:55 am	38.08	10.51	2.3	50.89
12:00 pm	38.2	10.69	2.32	51.21
12:05 pm	37.91	10.58	2.3	50.8
12:10 pm	37.85	10.61	2.32	50.79
12:15 pm	37.85	10.66	2.31	50.83
12:21 pm	37.86	10.68	2.33	50.87
12:26 pm	37.77	10.68	2.31	50.76
12:31 pm	37.49	10.67	2.32	50.48
12:36 pm	37.53	10.68	2.32	50.53
12:41 pm	37.52	10.67	2.32	50.51
12:46 pm	37.53	10.7	2.32	50.55
12:51 pm	37.44	10.72	2.31	50.48
12:56 pm	37.71	10.72	2.32	50.75
1:01 pm	37.79	10.64	2.33	50.75
1:06 pm	37.6	10.68	2.35	50.63
1:11 pm	37.44	10.72	2.36	50.51
1:16 pm	37.42	10.73	2.35	50.51
1:21 pm	37.5	10.7	2.36	50.56
1:26 pm	37.47	10.68	2.36	50.51
1:31 pm	37.46	10.68	2.35	50.49
1:36 pm	37.64	10.6	2.35	50.6
1:41 pm	37.63	10.43	2.34	50.41
1:46 pm	37.55	10.4	2.34	50.3
1:52 pm	37.48	10.4	2.34	50.22
1:57 pm	37.17	10.36	2.33	49.86
2:02 pm	36.97	10.39	2.32	49.68
2:07 pm	36.85	10.36	2.32	49.53
2:12 pm	36.72	10.52	2.33	49.57
2:17 pm	36.45	10.51	2.33	49.29
2:22 pm	37	10.6	2.31	49.9
2:27 pm	36.93	10.74	2.3	49.98
2:32 pm	36.91	10.82	2.32	50.05
2:37 pm	37.48	10.69	2.31	50.47
2:42 pm	37.09	10.68	2.31	50.07
2:47 pm	37.11	10.62	2.29	50.02
2:52 pm	37.07	10.62	2.28	49.97
2:57 pm	36.67	10.63	2.29	49.6
3:02 pm	36.24	10.64	2.28	49.16
3:07 pm	36.21	10.78	2.3	49.28
3:13 pm	35.99	10.85	2.31	49.15
3:18 pm	35.38	10.88	2.3	48.57
3:23 pm	35.18	10.96	2.31	48.44
3:28 pm	34.86	11.07	2.3	48.23
3:33 pm	33.95	11.13	2.3	47.38
3:38 pm	33.75	11.13	2.28	47.16
3:43 pm	33.56	10.97	2.29	46.81
3:48 pm	33.27	10.95	2.28	46.5
3:53 pm	32.97	10.91	2.27	46.15
3:58 pm	32.54	10.87	2.26	45.67
4:03 pm	32.02	10.86	2.25	45.13
4:08 pm	31.72	10.89	2.25	44.86
4:13 pm	31.33	11.01	2.26	44.61
4:18 pm	30.9	11.07	2.26	44.24
4:23 pm	30.29	11.04	2.26	43.59
4:28 pm	29.54	11.09	2.26	42.9
4:33 pm	29.03	11.07	2.25	42.35
4:39 pm	28.82	11.05	2.26	42.13
4:44 pm	28.2	10.96	2.27	41.44
4:49 pm	27.65	11.12	2.26	41.02
4:54 pm	27.34	11.17	2.1	40.61
4:59 pm	26.83	11.17	2.11	40.1
5:04 pm	26.32	11.2	2.11	39.63
5:09 pm	25.82	11.3	2.13	39.25
5:14 pm	25.4	11.37	2.14	38.91
5:19 pm	24.69	11.26	2.14	38.1
5:24 pm	24.2	11.26	2.15	37.61
5:29 pm	23.5	11.32	2.16	36.98
5:34 pm	22.74	11.47	2.16	36.37
5:39 pm	22.31	11.69	2.15	36.15
5:44 pm	21.78	11.77	2.16	35.71
5:49 pm	20.9	11.86	2.17	34.93
5:54 pm	20.18	11.92	2.16	34.25
6:00 pm	19.67	12	2.15	33.82
6:05 pm	19.03	11.95	2.17	33.15
6:10 pm	18.75	11.96	2.18	32.89
6:15 pm	18.15	12.13	2.17	32.45
6:20 pm	17.6	12.36	2.16	32.11
6:25 pm	16.99	12.37	2.15	31.51
6:30 pm	16.62	12.55	2.13	31.3
6:35 pm	16.22	12.72	2.13	31.08
6:40 pm	15.6	12.64	2.13	30.37
6:45 pm	15.3	12.64	2.11	30.04
6:50 pm	14.99	12.82	2.08	29.89
6:55 pm	14.52	12.83	2.09	29.45
7:00 pm	14.16	13.05	2.07	29.28
7:05 pm	13.87	13.2	2.07	29.14
7:10 pm	13.73	13.27	2.08	29.08
7:15 pm	13.48	13.37	2.06	28.91
7:21 pm	12.31	13.6	2.08	27.98
7:26 pm	12.24	13.71	2.08	28.03
7:31 pm	12.16	13.79	2.06	28.01
7:36 pm	12.1	13.93	2.06	28.09
7:41 pm	12.15	13	2.08	27.22
7:46 pm	12.15	13	2.09	27.23
7:51 pm	12.12	13.03	2.08	27.22
7:56 pm	12.13	13.01	2.08	27.21
8:01 pm	12.2	13.04	2.08	27.32
8:06 pm	12.09	13.54	2.07	27.7
8:11 pm	12.07	13.51	2.07	27.66
8:16 pm	12.05	13.47	2.07	27.59
8:21 pm	11.96	13.4	2.07	27.43
8:27 pm	11.85	13.41	2.07	27.34
8:32 pm	11.77	13.37	2.07	27.21
8:37 pm	11.71	13.46	2.07	27.25
8:42 pm	11.62	13.66	2.08	27.35
8:47 pm	11.58	13.67	2.07	27.32
8:52 pm	11.54	13.57	2.07	27.18
8:57 pm	11.44	13.71	2.08	27.23
9:02 pm	11.36	13.76	2.08	27.21
9:07 pm	11.28	13.69	2.08	27.06
9:12 pm	11.27	13.65	2.09	27
9:17 pm	11.17	13.72	2.08	26.97
9:22 pm	11.16	13.72	2.08	26.96
9:27 pm	11.14	13.75	2.08	26.97
9:32 pm	11.06	13.8	2.08	26.95
9:37 pm	11.05	13.8	2.09	26.94
9:43 pm	11.01	13.85	2.09	26.94
9:48 pm	10.96	13.84	2.1	26.9
9:53 pm	10.92	13.87	2.09	26.88
9:58 pm	10.9	13.86	2.09	26.85
10:03 pm	10.87	13.8	2.09	26.77
10:08 pm	10.77	13.85	2.1	26.71
10:13 pm	10.64	13.79	2.08	26.52
10:18 pm	10.68	13.85	2.1	26.63
10:23 pm	10.63	13.82	2.09	26.54
10:28 pm	10.5	13.71	2.09	26.29
10:33 pm	10.49	13.7	2.09	26.28
10:38 pm	10.39	13.6	2.1	26.09
10:43 pm	10.34	13.51	2.1	25.95
10:48 pm	10.39	13.38	2.12	25.89
10:54 pm	10.45	13.39	2.11	25.95
10:59 pm	10.47	13.38	2.12	25.97
11:04 pm	10.51	13.49	2.13	26.12
11:09 pm	10.55	13.43	2.15	26.13
11:14 pm	10.58	13.32	2.13	26.03
11:19 pm	10.61	13.33	2.15	26.08
11:24 pm	10.6	13.35	2.16	26.1
11:29 pm	10.61	13.32	2.16	26.08
11:34 pm	10.61	13.24	2.17	26.02
11:39 pm	10.65	13.23	2.18	26.05
11:44 pm	10.65	13.11	2.18	25.95
11:49 pm	10.6	13.13	2.19	25.92
11:54 pm	10.53	13.09	2.2	25.82

Clean Share

50.0%

Demand

240.5 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.