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Part of it that once you build a fossil fuel power plant, that power plant is now a guaranteed fossil fuel customer for the indefinite future. With solar there’s no long term guaranteed profits like this. You can’t commodify the sun’s rays or wind.
The benefit mostly accrues to the people using the electricity solar and wind generate. If you’re making decisions for a society, instead of on behalf of rentiers who can donate, there are strong reasons to choose it.