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EU solar security at risk from use of Chinese inverters, industry lobby warns

By Eleonora Rinaldi ( April 30, 2025, 16:17 GMT | Insight) -- EU solar-panel makers and the bloc's power grid need regulatory intervention to reduce its dangerous exposure to Chinese-manufactured photovoltaic inverters, devices needed to connect panels to the electricity grid, a European solar-panel industry lobby has warned. Inverter software could be accessed by the Chinese government, leading to "cybersecurity threats, including the potential for deliberate interference or mass shutdowns”, the ESMC said.EU solar-panel makers and the bloc's power grid need regulatory intervention to reduce its dangerous exposure to Chinese-manufactured photovoltaic inverters, devices needed to connect panels to the electricity grid, a European solar-panel industry lobby has warned....

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