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EU moves to ban high-risk inverters from China over cybersecurity threats

An EU official stated that 'serious' economic and cybersecurity threats had been identified, adding that the Commission’s evaluation was based on both classified and publicly available information submitted by several member states.

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00:01The European Commission will gradually eliminate the use of Chinese-made inverters in EU-funded energy projects,
00:08a step aimed at protecting critical energy infrastructure from possible cyber threats that could trigger from power outages.
00:16The move follows warnings from analysts that Europe's heavy reliance on Chinese-made solar inverters
00:22could pose risks to Europe's power grid stability, especially as Europe relies more on renewable energy.
00:28The findings indicated that certain countries could, in a worst-case scenario,
00:34undermine European energy infrastructure, potentially even triggering blackouts, an EU official said,
00:40referring to China, Iran, North Korea and Russia.
00:44Invertors are a relatively small but crucial component in modern energy systems.
00:49They play a critical role in converting and regulating the flow of power from renewable sources,
00:54such as wind and solar, as well as storage systems.
00:59While Chinese manufacturers currently dominate the global inverter market with an estimated 80% share,
01:05the Commission considers that sufficient alternative supply capacity exists among producers in countries such as Japan, South Korea, Switzerland and
01:14the United States.
01:15Canada and Canada
01:17Canada has a similar infrastructure card
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