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A Practical Analysis of Cyber-Physical Attacks Against Solar Photovoltaic Generation in Europe

In 2024, the focus was on nuclear energy with " A Practical Analysis of Cyber-Physical Attacks Against Nuclear Reactors ", and this year it is the turn of solar photovoltaic generation, completing the coverage of the carbon-free energy sources I consider crucial for Europe's energy sovereignty.  I hope it will be useful and interesting, just as the previous one was for some people. The paper is structured to facilitate a linear reading and understanding by a variety of readers, although a minimal technical background is assumed.  What will you find in this paper? A mix of theory and practice. An introduction that describes the technical characteristics, from both cyber and physics perspectives, of photovoltaic generation, grid-following inverters, and power grids required to understand the subsequent cyber-physical attack scenarios “Cyber-physical Attacks on Solar Inverters” characterizes the type of impact a successful exploitation of grid-following inverters can have on...