Why the Inflation Reduction Act has the the solar energy industry all pumped up

Installers and manufacturers cheer boosted subsidies and other perks.

(A native of England, veteran journalist Matthew Diebel has worked at NBC News, Time, USA Today and News Corp., among other organizations. Having spent much of his childhood next to one of the world's fastest bodies of water, he is particularly interested in tidal energy.)

The U.S. solar industry basically consists of two parts: The people who erect sola…