Hidden Communication Devices Found in Chinese
For months, experts examining renewable energy equipment imported from China have been quietly finding rogue components in solar inverters and
U.S. energy officials are reportedly reassessing the security risks posed by Chinese-made components in renewable energy infrastructure after discovering hidden communication devices inside certain solar inverters.
U.S. officials have discovered undisclosed communication devices on Chinese-made power inverters that were being used on solar panels, Reuters reported today based on anonymous sources within the federal government. The inverters are devices separate from power sources like solar arrays or batteries.
The issue could be important to facilities managers if they oversee on-site solar arrays or battery storage systems, with Chinese-made inverters on them, to provide energy resilience. Back view of solar panels with inverters. U.S. officials says some inverters from China have “rogue” communication devices on them. romaset via Getty Images
Reuters also claimed one source revealed undocumented communication devices had been found in some batteries from multiple Chinese suppliers. The devices could provide additional, undocumented communication channels that could allow firewalls to be circumvented, according to Reuters. pv magazine cannot verify this information.
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