Thermal Share Milestone

Thermal generation's share fell below 50%

India's thermal generation share fell below 50% at 1:08 pm IST, with clean share at 48.4% and total demand at 217 GW.

15 Aug 2026, 1:08 pm IST

Clean energy share by source across the day, in percent of total generation
Time (IST)	Renewable %	Hydro %	Nuclear %	Total clean %
12:01 am	9.76	12.97	2.82	25.55
12:06 am	9.76	12.89	2.82	25.47
12:12 am	9.74	12.88	2.82	25.43
12:17 am	9.73	12.91	2.83	25.47
12:22 am	9.75	12.93	2.84	25.52
12:27 am	9.76	12.94	2.84	25.53
12:32 am	9.73	12.91	2.85	25.49
12:37 am	9.74	12.86	2.85	25.45
12:42 am	9.77	12.84	2.84	25.46
12:47 am	9.75	12.85	2.86	25.46
12:52 am	9.79	12.83	2.86	25.48
12:57 am	9.79	12.85	2.87	25.5
1:02 am	9.78	12.82	2.87	25.47
1:07 am	9.75	12.73	2.89	25.37
1:12 am	9.78	12.72	2.88	25.38
1:18 am	9.77	12.74	2.89	25.4
1:23 am	9.81	12.64	2.9	25.35
1:28 am	9.79	12.58	2.9	25.27
1:33 am	9.79	12.58	2.91	25.28
1:38 am	9.78	12.63	2.92	25.33
1:43 am	9.74	12.5	2.93	25.17
1:48 am	9.69	12.49	2.94	25.12
1:53 am	9.68	12.5	2.94	25.12
1:58 am	9.62	12.51	2.94	25.08
2:03 am	9.65	12.51	2.95	25.11
2:08 am	9.64	12.47	2.96	25.07
2:13 am	9.67	12.37	2.97	25.01
2:18 am	9.63	12.4	2.98	25.01
2:23 am	9.63	12.43	2.98	25.03
2:28 am	9.6	12.46	2.99	25.05
2:33 am	9.55	12.49	3	25.03
2:39 am	9.42	12.46	3	24.88
2:44 am	9.35	12.46	3.01	24.82
2:49 am	9.29	12.44	3.01	24.74
2:54 am	9.26	12.46	3.01	24.73
2:59 am	9.24	12.47	3.02	24.74
3:04 am	9.17	12.51	3.02	24.71
3:09 am	9.14	12.53	3.03	24.7
3:14 am	9.1	12.52	3.03	24.65
3:20 am	9.05	12.47	3.03	24.56
3:25 am	9	12.56	3.03	24.58
3:30 am	8.93	12.64	3.03	24.6
3:35 am	8.9	12.71	3.04	24.65
3:40 am	8.85	12.72	3.04	24.61
3:45 am	8.83	12.74	3.05	24.61
3:50 am	8.76	12.73	3.05	24.54
3:55 am	8.71	12.75	3.05	24.51
4:00 am	8.72	12.78	3.07	24.56
4:05 am	8.68	12.76	3.07	24.51
4:11 am	8.61	12.83	3.07	24.51
4:16 am	8.57	12.78	3.06	24.41
4:21 am	8.57	12.79	3.06	24.42
4:26 am	8.54	12.86	3.05	24.44
4:31 am	8.52	12.93	3.04	24.5
4:36 am	8.45	12.95	3.04	24.44
4:41 am	8.4	12.98	3.04	24.43
4:46 am	8.37	12.96	3.04	24.37
4:51 am	8.47	12.88	3.03	24.37
4:56 am	8.39	12.85	3.01	24.26
5:01 am	8.35	12.85	3	24.2
5:06 am	8.34	12.74	3	24.09
5:11 am	8.25	12.75	2.98	23.98
5:17 am	8.19	12.67	2.97	23.84
5:22 am	8.05	12.72	2.97	23.74
5:27 am	8	12.75	2.95	23.7
5:32 am	8	12.81	2.96	23.77
5:37 am	7.99	12.87	2.94	23.8
5:42 am	8	12.82	2.94	23.75
5:47 am	7.97	12.82	2.92	23.71
5:52 am	7.97	12.83	2.91	23.71
5:57 am	7.95	12.84	2.91	23.7
6:02 am	7.93	12.83	2.91	23.68
6:07 am	8.42	12.71	2.92	24.05
6:12 am	8.45	12.76	2.9	24.11
6:17 am	8.48	12.89	2.89	24.26
6:22 am	8.51	12.99	2.89	24.38
6:27 am	8.57	13.06	2.88	24.52
6:32 am	8.78	13.05	2.89	24.71
6:38 am	8.94	13.17	2.88	24.99
6:43 am	9.25	13.06	2.88	25.19
6:48 am	9.53	12.94	2.89	25.35
6:53 am	9.81	12.94	2.9	25.65
6:58 am	10.54	12.72	2.91	26.16
7:03 am	10.95	12.75	2.92	26.61
7:08 am	11.34	12.78	2.92	27.04
7:13 am	11.97	12.75	2.93	27.64
7:18 am	12.73	12.62	2.94	28.29
7:23 am	13.27	12.39	2.93	28.58
7:28 am	14.19	12.22	2.94	29.35
7:33 am	14.89	12.27	2.96	30.13
7:38 am	15.7	12.1	2.96	30.76
7:43 am	16.81	11.95	2.97	31.74
7:49 am	18.01	12.03	3	33.04
7:54 am	18.74	12.01	3	33.76
7:59 am	19.62	11.89	3.02	34.53
8:04 am	20.72	11.76	3.03	35.51
8:09 am	21.54	11.98	3.04	36.56
8:14 am	22.12	11.94	3.03	37.1
8:19 am	22.77	11.99	3.03	37.79
8:24 am	23.45	11.96	3.03	38.44
8:29 am	24.27	11.95	3.03	39.25
8:34 am	25.33	11.92	3.03	40.28
8:39 am	25.86	11.9	3.03	40.8
8:44 am	26.43	11.82	3.04	41.29
8:50 am	27.26	11.85	3.03	42.14
8:55 am	28.06	11.72	3.04	42.82
9:00 am	28.28	11.62	3.05	42.94
9:05 am	29.33	11.44	3.03	43.8
9:10 am	30.07	11.41	3.02	44.5
9:15 am	30.57	11.34	3.02	44.92
9:20 am	30.88	11.34	3.02	45.24
9:25 am	31.19	11.4	3.01	45.6
9:35 am	31.78	11.36	3.01	46.15
9:40 am	31.95	11.35	3.02	46.32
9:45 am	32.22	11.27	3.02	46.5
9:50 am	32.29	11.27	3.03	46.6
9:55 am	32.3	11.36	3.02	46.68
10:00 am	32.44	11.32	3.03	46.79
10:06 am	32.01	11.41	3.05	46.47
10:11 am	31.79	11.47	3.04	46.3
10:16 am	31.91	11.43	3.03	46.37
10:21 am	31.78	11.45	3.03	46.27
10:26 am	31.72	11.44	3.02	46.17
10:31 am	31.95	11.39	3.04	46.38
10:36 am	32.04	11.49	3.03	46.56
10:41 am	32.03	11.44	3.02	46.49
10:46 am	32.28	11.4	3.01	46.7
10:51 am	31.84	11.45	3.02	46.31
10:56 am	31.8	11.47	3.01	46.29
11:01 am	32.7	11.31	2.97	46.97
11:06 am	32.66	11.34	2.96	46.96
11:12 am	32.75	11.29	2.97	47.01
11:17 am	33	11.25	2.96	47.22
11:22 am	33.29	11.24	2.96	47.49
11:27 am	33.38	11.23	2.95	47.56
11:32 am	30.9	11.68	3.08	45.66
11:37 am	34.11	11.18	2.96	48.25
11:42 am	34.23	11.2	2.96	48.39
11:47 am	34.13	11.19	2.96	48.27
11:52 am	34.13	11.16	2.97	48.26
11:57 am	31.33	11.57	3.07	45.97
12:02 pm	33.95	11.09	2.95	48
12:07 pm	34.38	10.98	2.88	48.24
12:12 pm	34.47	11.01	2.84	48.32
12:18 pm	34.47	11.09	2.81	48.37
12:23 pm	34.88	11.04	2.77	48.69
12:28 pm	34.83	11.13	2.76	48.72
12:33 pm	34.82	11.17	2.76	48.75
12:38 pm	34.41	11.22	2.76	48.39
12:43 pm	34.25	11.16	2.74	48.15
12:48 pm	34.2	11.14	2.75	48.09
12:53 pm	34.35	11.15	2.78	48.27
12:58 pm	34.45	11.09	2.77	48.31
1:03 pm	34.49	11.08	2.76	48.33
1:08 pm	34.55	11.08	2.74	48.37
1:13 pm	34.52	11.11	2.72	48.35
1:18 pm	34.28	11.18	2.72	48.18
1:23 pm	34.31	11.23	2.69	48.23
1:28 pm	33.97	11.28	2.66	47.91
1:34 pm	34.02	11.25	2.61	47.87
1:39 pm	34.14	11.28	2.58	48
1:44 pm	33.96	11.27	2.57	47.81
1:49 pm	34.26	11.22	2.57	48.05
1:54 pm	34.35	11.2	2.59	48.14
1:59 pm	34.31	11.29	2.6	48.2
2:04 pm	34.36	11.3	2.58	48.23
2:09 pm	34.28	11.31	2.6	48.18
2:14 pm	34.29	11.33	2.59	48.22
2:19 pm	34.26	11.33	2.58	48.17
2:24 pm	34.14	11.32	2.58	48.03
2:29 pm	33.84	11.31	2.57	47.72
2:34 pm	33.91	11.24	2.56	47.71
2:39 pm	34.03	11.35	2.57	47.95
2:44 pm	34.06	11.38	2.57	48.01
2:49 pm	34.12	11.36	2.56	48.04
2:55 pm	34.31	11.54	2.57	48.42
3:00 pm	34.1	11.55	2.57	48.22
3:05 pm	34.02	11.56	2.57	48.15
3:10 pm	33.86	11.58	2.57	48.01
3:15 pm	33.84	11.56	2.58	47.97
3:20 pm	34.16	11.51	2.56	48.23
3:25 pm	34.15	11.52	2.58	48.26
3:30 pm	33.96	11.58	2.57	48.11
3:35 pm	33.53	11.6	2.57	47.7
3:40 pm	33.22	11.61	2.58	47.41
3:45 pm	33.06	11.59	2.57	47.22
3:50 pm	32.88	11.61	2.57	47.05
3:55 pm	33.08	11.62	2.54	47.24
4:00 pm	32.52	11.77	2.31	46.6
4:06 pm	32.04	11.88	2.31	46.23
4:11 pm	31.71	11.89	2.33	45.93
4:16 pm	31.23	11.83	2.34	45.4
4:21 pm	30.89	11.86	2.35	45.1
4:26 pm	30.65	11.87	2.34	44.86
4:31 pm	29.34	12.09	2.37	43.8
4:36 pm	30.51	11.95	2.32	44.78
4:41 pm	30.25	12.07	2.33	44.66
4:46 pm	29.75	12.03	2.34	44.13
4:51 pm	29.09	12.1	2.34	43.53
4:56 pm	28.45	11.97	2.34	42.76
5:01 pm	27.97	11.98	2.34	42.3
5:06 pm	27.57	12.02	2.36	41.95
5:11 pm	27.1	12.14	2.39	41.63
5:17 pm	26.33	12.23	2.39	40.96
5:22 pm	25.66	12.29	2.4	40.34
5:27 pm	24.61	12.32	2.4	39.33
5:32 pm	24.04	12.4	2.39	38.83
5:37 pm	23.13	12.58	2.4	38.11
5:42 pm	22.1	12.69	2.4	37.19
5:47 pm	21.4	12.76	2.4	36.56
5:52 pm	20.61	12.88	2.41	35.9
5:57 pm	19.64	12.97	2.41	35.02
6:02 pm	18.7	13.13	2.4	34.23
6:08 pm	18.36	12.91	2.42	33.7
6:13 pm	17.86	13.02	2.43	33.31
6:18 pm	17.37	13.14	2.41	32.92
6:23 pm	16.71	13	2.38	32.09
6:28 pm	16.3	13.05	2.4	31.75
6:33 pm	15.58	13.22	2.37	31.18
6:38 pm	15.2	13.1	2.36	30.66
6:43 pm	14.54	13.23	2.36	30.12
6:48 pm	13.88	13.33	2.34	29.54
6:53 pm	13.63	13.36	2.34	29.33
6:58 pm	13.4	13.46	2.31	29.17
7:03 pm	12.97	13.85	2.29	29.11
7:08 pm	12.68	14	2.28	28.97
7:14 pm	12.53	14.02	2.27	28.83
7:19 pm	12.42	13.95	2.26	28.64
7:24 pm	11.33	14.03	2.27	27.63
7:29 pm	11.22	13.95	2.27	27.43
7:34 pm	11.14	13.89	2.25	27.28
7:39 pm	11.14	13.84	2.26	27.23
7:44 pm	11.04	13.89	2.25	27.18
7:49 pm	10.83	13.89	2.24	26.96
7:54 pm	10.76	14.03	2.25	27.03
7:59 pm	10.63	14.01	2.23	26.87
8:04 pm	10.54	14.02	2.24	26.79
8:09 pm	10.45	14.02	2.23	26.7
8:14 pm	10.36	14.08	2.23	26.67
8:19 pm	10.28	14.14	2.23	26.64
8:24 pm	10.22	14.12	2.22	26.55
8:29 pm	10.21	14.12	2.23	26.55
8:35 pm	10.13	14.1	2.22	26.46
8:40 pm	10.09	14.11	2.24	26.43
8:45 pm	10.04	14.25	2.24	26.53
8:50 pm	9.96	14.21	2.23	26.39
8:55 pm	9.94	14.12	2.23	26.29
9:00 pm	9.97	14.15	2.23	26.35
9:05 pm	9.9	14.1	2.23	26.24
9:10 pm	9.92	13.89	2.23	26.04
9:15 pm	9.91	13.8	2.23	25.94
9:20 pm	9.93	13.78	2.22	25.93
9:25 pm	9.92	13.79	2.22	25.93
9:30 pm	9.91	13.79	2.22	25.92
9:35 pm	9.88	13.86	2.22	25.97
9:40 pm	9.85	13.89	2.23	25.96
9:45 pm	9.84	13.85	2.22	25.9
9:50 pm	9.76	13.84	2.23	25.82
9:56 pm	9.75	13.86	2.23	25.84
10:01 pm	9.73	13.88	2.22	25.83
10:06 pm	9.68	13.69	2.22	25.59
10:11 pm	9.58	13.6	2.22	25.4
10:16 pm	9.54	13.62	2.21	25.37
10:21 pm	9.52	13.57	2.21	25.3
10:26 pm	9.47	13.62	2.2	25.3
10:31 pm	9.48	13.6	2.21	25.28
10:36 pm	9.49	13.49	2.21	25.19
10:41 pm	9.45	13.54	2.21	25.19
10:46 pm	9.44	13.55	2.22	25.21
10:51 pm	9.46	13.4	2.22	25.08
10:57 pm	9.48	13.34	2.23	25.05
11:02 pm	9.51	13.39	2.24	25.14
11:07 pm	9.52	13.41	2.25	25.18
11:12 pm	9.5	13.46	2.26	25.21
11:17 pm	9.48	13.45	2.27	25.2
11:22 pm	9.43	13.47	2.27	25.17
11:27 pm	9.42	13.48	2.28	25.18
11:32 pm	9.44	13.48	2.29	25.2
11:37 pm	9.44	13.53	2.29	25.26
11:42 pm	9.43	13.55	2.31	25.29
11:47 pm	9.44	13.48	2.31	25.24
11:52 pm	9.43	13.39	2.31	25.13
11:57 pm	9.42	13.39	2.32	25.14

Clean Share

48.4%

Demand

217.5 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.