High tech watchdog on solar systems performance

I feel like a self-appointed spokesman for more diligence in
detecting and correcting under-performances in solar
electric (photovoltaic) systems.

Having observed hundreds of Photovoltaic --the academic
name for solar electric systems; I conclude that many smaller
commercial and residential systems were not designed, or
installed properly and thus are performing under their
inherent system capacities. Many systems are performing
at 50 to 70% of their 'available' energy level. In other words,
they are only producing less than 70% of their design capacity,
at anytime, given whatever operating condition at that instance.
These systems are being robbed of their intented financial and
environmental goals!!

Now that most scientists are convinced of the global warming
in progress, I am challenging these and other scientists, and
engineers to help with solving this under-performance problem.

I'm thinking along the lines of low-cost instrumentation, web-
based monitoring & diagnostics, artificial intelligence driven
trouble-shooting, and alerting, and diagnostics using such
technologies as data-mining, pattern-matching, expert systems.

I welcome any and all comments on this topic.

Steve