Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] The mysterious power outage across Spain and Portugal is receiving renewed attention

Rogue Hardware In Chinese Inverters Could Trigger Worst Blackout Threat To Date

18 May 2025 | Abstracted from Interesting Engineering

"... analysts reportedly found communication modules, such as cellular radios, not listed in official documentation. These could create backdoors capable of bypassing security layers...Huawei, Sungrow, and Ginlong Solis - three Chinese firms - lead the global inverter market.

"SolarPower Europe... warned that compromising just 3 GW of inverter-linked capacity could disrupt Europe’s power grid."

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