Useful piece. Solar panels are largely cloud managed, and now in The Netherlands alone create the same power as 50 of our nuclear power plants. If you switch this 25GW on/off remotely, the consequences could be huge. And we do not regulate these cloud platforms at all: https://www.dw.com/en/how-hackers-capture-your-solar-panels-and-cause-grid-havoc/a-71593448
@bert_hubert NOT being cloud-managed could solve the issue, no? 
I mean let's face it, solar panels are critical infrastructure as they tap into the power grid, so outside of the published processes defined by lawmakers and grid operators, NOBODY except the owner should have ANY access to these things.
@DJGummikuh @bert_hubert It does make sense - especially for larger installations - to be controllable by the grid operator. But these usually have their own APIs/Networks that are not some shitty vendor cloud ^^' (imo it needs one standard protocol for that but that is a different discussion :P)
@jakob @bert_hubert yes, that's exactly my point. larger installations (currently >100kW) ARE grid-operator controllable, with that limit bound to lower over the coming years. None of that requires any vendor to be able to access all their hardware, this is all regulatory and will be done via the SmartMeters eventually.