Field Demonstration of Blockchain-based Security for a Solar Farm
Bohyun Ahn, Kalyan Nakka, Nathanial R. Handke, Trevor J. Reyna, Taesic Kim · 2024
This paper introduces a Blockchain (BC)-based security model for a solar farm, providing security functions such as firmware patching management, role-based access control, public key infrastructure, and man-in-the-middle attacks detection (MITM), malware file detection. In particular, this paper provides detailed field-testing methods at a solar fam to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of cyber-attack detection methods. Practical cyberattacks targeting solar farms are designed and conducted. It is demonstrated that the proposed BC-based system proactively detects MITM attacks, firmware modification attack, and malware attack, while ensuring the continuous operation of the solar farm during attack events.