DER Digital Supply Chain Gap Analysis
Outcomes of the Reports
Interest in forming a subgroup on
supply chain cybersecurity within
SunSpec/Sandia Cybersecurity
Working Group
Engage with industry members to
develop more effective
recommendations.
Provide immediate value to industry
through recommendations that are
testable.
Gaining visibility into the challenges
of the digital supply chain of
renewable energy resources.
Utility
Vendor Cloud Services
Aggregator/DER Vendor
Communications to DER
Utility Communications to DER
via IEEE 1547-2018 Interface
DER Type 2
ESS
Gateway
SunSpec Modbus/RTU, PLC, 444
Proprietary Protocol
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Third Party Aggregator
Utility
IEEE 2030.5
(PKI 1)
DER Type 1
PV
Utility
Aggregator
IEEE 2030.5
(PKI)
Proprietary
Communications
Firmware Patches
Through Proprietary
Communications
Gateway
SunSpec Modbus TCP or RTU
(serial/RS485)
Gateway
SunSpec Modbus TCP or RTU
(serial/RS485)
DER Type 1 PV
DER Type 2 ESS
DER Vendor
Funded by:
SOLAR ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE
U.S. Department of Energy
Vendor Cloud Services
Proprietary
(PKI 2 & 3)
(c)
Gateway
Proprietary (PKI 2&3)
Grid Services Provided
by Third-Party
(e.g. Via OpenADR)
Third Party Aggregator
DER Type 2
ESS
Proprietary Communications
Wired Communications.
Wireless Communications
ESS Energy Storage Systems
PV
Photovoltaic System
DER
Distributed Energy Resource
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
OpenADR
PLC
Open Automated Demand Response
Programmable Logic Controller
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