Physical security:

• Facilities are often unmanned (the Rancho Viejo facility will be unmanned)

• Minimal physical security

• Outsider threat actors will have time to carry out their action

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Safety:

• Stored energy has inherent risks

• Batteries – gassing, fire, toxic chemicals Dams, compressed air, flywheels…

• Safety risks are mitigated with electronics

 

Cybersecurity:

• Disable protection mechanisms

• Cause damage or malfunction of BESS Induce power grid instability – (Centralized or DER) Modify readings to harm awareness

 

From Cybersecurity of Battery Energy Storage Systems: Rodrigo D. Trevizan, PhD Senior Member of Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories

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https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1855330

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