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Experts Warn Renewable Energy Creates \u2018New Opportunities\u2019 for Chinese Grid Attacks<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Wind turbines are viewed at a wind farm in Colorado City, Texas, on Jan. 21, 2016. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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America\u2019s increasing reliance on intermittent power sources and batteries is creating novel risks, according to grid specialists who testified before Congress on July 18.<\/p>\n

Many of the greatest among them emanate from a key geopolitical rival, China.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s partly because the new technologies frequently use inverters. When solar panels, wind turbines, and battery systems generate or store direct current electricity, inverters turn it into the alternating current electricity that flows through the grid.<\/p>\n

Paul N. Stockton, a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University\u2019s Applied Physics Laboratory, opened what he called a \u201crabbit hole\u201d in response to a question on inverters during the House Energy & Commerce hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo we have a satisfactory supply of inverters for all of the renewable energy that\u2019s being brought into the grid?\u201d Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) asked Mr. Stockton, who also holds positions on subcommittees in the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cManufacturers in China are important producers of inverters being deployed nationwide, across the United States,\u201d Mr. Stockton responded.<\/p>\n

He explained that the country\u2019s reliance on Chinese inverters could jeopardize grid security.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure, we\u2019ve got inverters. Some of them are made in China. Others may be manufactured for final assembly in friendly nations, but they might have components\u2014hardware, software, and firmware\u2014that could provide attack vectors. And the constant updating of firmware from the cloud and by service providers\u2014who\u2019s on top of that for maintaining adequate security? Congressman, that\u2019s an opportunity for progress,\u201d Mr. Stockton said.<\/p>\n

Solar Panels With Parts From China<\/strong><\/p>\n

The United States\u2019 use of solar panels with parts from China that are assembled in Southeast Asia has been a source of controversy in this Congress. President Joe Biden\u00a0vetoed a bill<\/a>\u00a0that would have ended his temporary pause on tariffs affecting those panels.<\/p>\n

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