The Core

Live Generation Mix

Updated 09 Jul 2026, 3:29 pm IST

At 3:29 pm IST, clean energy supplied 48.5% of India's electricity. Solar and wind and Hydro led the clean mix, while thermal generation supplied the remaining share at 50.0%.

Total Demand

222.8 GW

Peak Clean Share Today

49.9%

09 Jul 2026, 2:24 pm IST

Source-wise Generation

Renewable

81.7 GW

Solar (ground-mounted) + wind, combined by source

Hydro

20.9 GW

Excludes pumped storage and Bhutan hydro imports

Nuclear

5.7 GW

Thermal

111.7 GW

Coal + lignite, combined by source

Gas

1.6 GW

Other + Storage

1.9 GW

Other renewables plus pumped storage / battery discharge

Mix Breakdown

Generation mix by source, in gigawatts
SourceGW
Renewable81.7
Hydro20.9
Nuclear5.7
Thermal111.7
Gas1.6
Other + Storage1.9

Renewable combines solar (ground-mounted) and wind, and thermal combines coal and lignite — MERIT India's public dashboard doesn't split these further. See the records page for details.