How Solar Power Works
- Photovoltaic solar panels produce direct current when sunlight hits the panel’s solar cells.
- Direct current flows from the panels to an inverter that transforms the energy into alternating current.
- Alternating current then helps power up homes and businesses.
- On cloudy or rainy days, and at night, homes and businesses are powered by energy from our generation fleet that Gulf Power is continuously working to deliver cleaner to reduce our carbon emissions while ensuring long-term reliability and lower costs to our customers.
Benefits of Solar Power
The benefits of solar energy can be both economic and environmental. Private rooftop solar systems can benefit a property owner, and universal solar energy centers – such as Gulf Power’s solar power plants – deliver benefits to all via the energy grid. Solar can help promote cleaner air by reducing fossil-fuel usage and greenhouse-gas emissions.
Our solar power plants
Large-scale solar benefits everyone and is the fastest, most economical way to deliver solar, producing about 2.5 times more energy for the dollar than private rooftop solar.