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India's Grid,
Decoded Daily.

Daily, weekly, and monthly intelligence on India's electricity sector — generation mix, demand trends, renewable capacity, and more. Built for researchers, journalists, and policy minds.

Data Updated
Daily
Sources
POSOCO · CEA · MNRE
Coverage
2015 – Present
Today's snapshot
Peak Demand Met
214.3GW
All India · Today
+3.2%
Total Generation
512.1MU
Units generated today
+1.8%
Renewables Share
31.4%
Solar + Wind + Hydro
+0.9pp
Coal Generation
284.7GW
Installed thermal capacity
−0.4%
7-day demand↑ trend

How Wattfeed works

01
Raw Data Sourced

Official data collected from POSOCO, CEA, MNRE, and NLDC — generation, demand, frequency, and capacity.

02
Cleaned & Structured

Data is validated, standardised, and transformed from Excel into structured JSON files ready for automated publishing.

03
Auto-Published

A single Python script pushes updated data to GitHub. The site rebuilds and deploys in under 60 seconds.

04
Visualised & Narrated

Interactive charts bring numbers to life. Analysts add context through insight articles published from Markdown files.

Data sources

POSOCO
Power System Operation Corporation

Daily generation, demand met, grid frequency, inter-regional flows, and energy balance across all five regions.

DailyGeneration
CEA
Central Electricity Authority

Monthly installed capacity, fuel-wise generation, T&D losses, hydro reservoir levels, and annual growth statistics.

MonthlyCapacity
MNRE
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

State-wise solar and wind installation targets, achievements, and cumulative renewable energy capacity data.

MonthlyRenewables
MERIT
Merit Order Economic Dispatch

Plant-level scheduling and dispatch data including merit order, variable cost, and plant-wise generation.

DailyDispatch
IEX
Power Exchange India

Day-ahead and real-time market clearing prices, traded volumes, and surplus-deficit indicators across states.

DailyMarket
IMD
India Meteorological Department

Temperature, monsoon indices, and solar irradiance proxies to contextualise demand spikes and renewable variability.

DailyClimate

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