US is working on ban targeting Chinese energy inverters, sources say

US is working on ban targeting Chinese energy inverters, sources say(reuters.com)

6 points by onemoresoop 5 hours ago | 3 comments

Largely because there are radios in the inverters. Typical connected-grid stuff is sending people with too little knowledge into a tizy

tim-tday 2 hours ago | |

Actually a security researcher found a back door in some Chinese inverters recently.

Normally I’d believe this administration is just knee-jerk banning because China and solar, but in this case there was an actual reason.

Kriptering 4 hours ago |

whoa

lenerdenator 4 hours ago |

Would appreciate a non-paywalled source.

As for the subject... I generally don't have a problem with this. Handing over any part of your energy infrastructure to a country with a long and storied history of hacking your companies is generally not smart.

I've purchased two inverters: one is a 3000w "Energizer"-branded one, while the other is a 1200w Victron unit. The Victron's quieter on RF, from what I can tell, is designed in the Netherlands, and is made in India.