RaptorCon 26: Unseen Defects & Using Technology at Scale (David Devir, VDE)

David Devir, Principal Engineer at VDE Americas, brings a technical due diligence perspective on how asset owners can systematically manage quality and reliability risk across their solar portfolios.

Drawing on VDE's technical due diligence and field inspection work, David shares what he is seeing in the field today and the patterns that separate well-built sites from ones that create problems for owners later.

He walks through the failure mechanisms that drive some of the most expensive losses on operating sites, the warranty terms owners should be paying closer attention to, and where there is real opportunity to get ahead of issues before they become claims.

David also discusses where aerial inspection at scale fits into a modern risk management toolkit for asset owners, including when in an asset's lifecycle these inspections matter most.