Editing Distributed generation (section)

=== Cybersecurity ===
Vulnerabilities in control systems from a single vendor used at thousands of installations of given source can result in hacking and remotely disabling all these sources by a single attacker, thus largely reversing the benefits of decentralised generation, which has been demonstrated in practice in case of solar power inverters<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-12 |title=Hacking Rooftop Solar Is a Way to Break Europe's Power Grid |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/europe-s-power-grid-vulnerable-to-hackers-exploiting-rooftop-solar-panels |access-date=2024-12-12 |publisher=Bloomberg News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=The gigantic and unregulated power plants in the cloud |url=https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-gigantic-unregulated-power-plants-in-the-cloud/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Bert Hubert's writings}}</ref> and wind power control systems.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tam |first=Kimberly |date=2024-09-05 |title=How cyberattacks on offshore wind farms could create huge problems |url=https://theconversation.com/how-cyberattacks-on-offshore-wind-farms-could-create-huge-problems-238165 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref> In November 2024 Deye and Sol-Ark inverter manufacturer remotely disabled in some countries due to alleged regional sales policy dispute. The companies later claimed the blockage was not remote but due to [[Geofence|geofencing]] mechanisms built into the inverters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=online |first=heise |date=2024-11-30 |title=Photovoltaics: Deactivated Deye and Sol-Ark inverters in the USA |url=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Photovoltaics-Deactivated-Deye-and-Sol-Ark-inverters-in-the-USA-10183716.html |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=heise online |language=en}}</ref>

EU NIS2 directive expands the cybersecurity requirements to the energy generation market,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Energy |url=https://nis2directive.eu/energy/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=The NIS2 Directive |language=en-US}}</ref> which has faced backlash from renewable energy lobby groups.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O’Sullivan |first=Alexander Lipke, Janka Oertel, Daniel |date=2024-05-29 |title=Trust and trade-offs: How to manage Europe's green technology dependence on China |url=https://ecfr.eu/publication/trust-and-trade-offs-how-to-manage-europes-green-technology-dependence-on-china/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=ECFR |language=en-GB}}</ref>