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Virtual inspections for solar and renewable energy

Verified site surveys, install QA, and commissioning evidence

Solar projects need evidence at every stage: the pre-install site survey, the array and inverter installation, and the commissioning package that the financier and the utility both want. Verified remote capture produces all three without adding truck rolls.

Solar projects lose weeks between permit, inspection, and interconnection — national research tracking residential PV timelines shows those administrative steps, not the install, dominate the calendar. Verified virtual inspection compresses the parts you control: a crew documents the array, rapid shutdown, labeling, and interconnection with a guided template on install day, and a remote engineer or AHJ-facing reviewer checks the work before the truck leaves. When a correction is needed, it is caught the same day rather than at a failed inspection two weeks later.

Why this matters now

Weeks of delay

NREL's retrospective on residential PV shows permitting, inspection, and interconnection add substantial time beyond installation

Source: NREL / U.S. DOE, 2024
$150–$1,000+

estimated cost of a return trip for a correction or re-inspection

Source: Blitzz, 2026
Steady trade demand

BLS projects continued electrician demand driven in part by renewable and grid work, keeping senior review capacity scarce

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The problems we solve

Site surveys require a visit before a sale

A guided homeowner capture of the roof, panel, and meter qualifies the site before you commit a surveyor.

Install QA varies by crew

Standardized prompted capture makes every install produce the same QA evidence set.

Commissioning packages are slow to assemble

Financiers and utilities want organized, verifiable evidence, not a folder of phone photos.

The workflow

  1. Step 1

    Survey

    Send a link for a guided pre-install capture of roof, main panel, and meter.

  2. Step 2

    Install

    The crew completes a prompted QA capture at key install milestones.

  3. Step 3

    Verify

    GPS, timestamps, and tamper checks lock every photo to the site and the date.

  4. Step 4

    Package

    Export a signed commissioning package for the financier and utility.

What you get

  • Guided site survey and install QA templates
  • Inverter and panel serial OCR
  • Address geofencing on every capture
  • Milestone comparison across install stages
  • Signed PDF commissioning packages

Outcomes teams see

Fewer
pre-sale survey visits
Consistent
QA evidence from every crew
Faster
commissioning sign-off

Real-world use cases

An installer catches a labeling miss before the AHJ does

The crew completes a residential array and runs the guided capture: rapid shutdown placard, conductor labeling, combiner, and meter socket. The remote QA reviewer spots a missing placard on the live session and the crew corrects it in five minutes. The jurisdictional inspection passes first time instead of triggering a two-week re-inspection cycle.

An asset owner verifies O&M work across a distributed portfolio

A portfolio of small commercial arrays needs quarterly checks. Site contacts run the same capture template, and the owner reviews string readings, inverter faults, and vegetation encroachment from one dashboard, dispatching a technician only to the three sites where the evidence justifies it.

Solar and renewables FAQs

Can financiers review captures directly?

Yes. Share a secure, expiring link to the verified evidence package instead of emailing photo attachments.

Does this work for storage and EV charger installs?

Yes. The same guided templates and verification apply to battery storage and charger installations.

Will the AHJ accept a virtual inspection?

Acceptance varies widely by jurisdiction, and many still require a physical inspection. The reliable win is internal QA before the official inspection, which is where first-pass failures get eliminated.

Can this speed up interconnection paperwork?

It removes evidence-gathering delays: photos of the meter socket, disconnect, and labeling are captured and packaged the day of install rather than chased weeks later.

Does it work on commercial rooftops with limited access?

Yes. Whoever is on the roof captures; remote reviewers direct the session. Capture buffers locally when signal is weak.

How does this help with warranty and O&M claims?

A dated, geo-locked record of as-installed condition is the difference between a paid workmanship claim and a long argument with a manufacturer.

Can we standardize QA across subcontracted crews?

One template applied to every install gives you comparable evidence regardless of who did the work, which is usually the fastest quality improvement available.

Looking for more general answers? Read the full FAQ.

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