The Cyber Security Office of the Czech Republic said that Chinese suns in small power plants form a potential safety threat. The Czech Zonne Association told PV -Magazine Work must be done on stimulating European production to resolve dependence on imports.
Chinese inverters in small solar energy plants form a potential safety threat Czech Republicthe National Cyber and Information Security Office (Núkib) has said.
A statement published by the agency said that between 95% and 99% of the solar formers used in small PV plants in the Czech Republic come from China, and added that both the hardware and software in small PV installations in the Czech Republic are usually Chinese.
Núkib’s briefing said there are risks with regard to data protection and, in extreme cases, external manipulation. It also said that inverters can be vulnerable to cyber threats through the collection and abuse of user data, as well as the possibility of malignant applications or firmware updates.
The statement also noted that the current legislative environment between the Chinese government and Chinese companies is as care. It said that, with the Chinese legal environment that mandatory the collaboration of Chinese companies at the state, if China wanted to destabilize the Czech electricity grid by Chinese suppliers, almost certainly could do so.
The agency said that the Czech Republic should act proactively and ensure that Chinese inverters are not the actual option for consumers. It also suggested that the conditional warranty on one The inverter could be changed from connection to a Chinese data logger in a European, but advised that the legality and feasibility of such a procedure should be assessed by relevant Czech and European institutions.
Núkib’s explanation on Solar Opvolers is part of a broader advice from the agency on reducing dependence on Chinese servers. It has instructed critical infrastructure organizations in the country to prevent them from using Chinese technology or transfer users to Servers in China and has identified other risky products, in addition to solar oms, including electric vehicles, smartphones, large language models and medical technologies.
Jan Krčmář, executive director of the Czech Zonne association Solární Asociace, said PV -Magazine That although every movement to improve cyber security should be seen as a positive, “we must be aware of the fact that as a society we are almost everywhere dependent on import from China.”
“If we want to systematically tackle the situation, we must stimulate production in Europe,” said Krčmář. “But especially the Czech Republic must first do its homework, since Fronius, for example, has been trying to expand his production facilities in the South, Czech Republic, but stands against the permits.”
“If we cannot build or expand factories, infrastructure transport and especially new, cheap renewable energy because of the allowance of problems and local opposition, we cannot complain about the dependence on China at the same time,” Krčmář added.
SolarPower Europe published earlier this year a report About cyber security are concerned about solar installations in the European Union.
Since thenHe said the Dutch government that this is the case remain vigilant to potential cyber security threats from solar yields, while Lithuania has already done so Forbidden Chinese remote access to management systems of solar, wind and storage facilities.
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