Post by Strider Technologies

China's researchers are mapping UK vulnerabilities whilst the PRC's manufacturers become increasingly embedded in infrastructure. As Britain accelerates towards clean electricity by 2030, more and more inverters are entering the system from the PRC. Imports of converters into the UK, Norway and Switzerland grew from 256 million kilograms in 2015 to 395 million kilograms in 2023. This is a structural dependency embedded across the entire system. Last month, the European Commission moved to block public funding for solar panel inverters from what it calls "high-risk vendors," a category that squarely targets China's technology giants, including Huawei. The Commission's spokesperson warned that foreign actors could use inverters to manipulate energy networks and gain "unauthorised access to operational data." Read an opinion by Strider President and Co-Founder Eric Levesque in LBC about steps the UK can take to likewise minimize this threat (link in comments).