Germany Just Noticed Renewable Energy has a Cybersecurity Problem
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September 12, 2025
Essay by Eric Worrall
Surely in the event of conflict China wouldn’t give their good friends Russia the keys to shutting down Europe’s electricity grid.
Germany’s cyber defence plans risk slowing the energy transition, utilities warn
Clean Energy Wire
The German government’s plans to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks would slow the energy transition and undermine supply security, the country’s utilities warned. Instead of increasing cybersecurity, the plans would create “massive bureaucracy and delays for grid extensions and digitalisation”, industry associations BDEW and VKU said.
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The energy company associations said in a joint statement they are “particularly critical of Germany going it alone without joint coordination at the European level,” as well as narrowing the market to just a few manufacturers. “This could create oligopolies, which could threaten security of supply and lead to rising prices and less innovation,” the lobby groups said.
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