Innergex exits Iceland

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INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY $14.291 (Toronto symbol INE; Shares outstanding: 133.1 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield 4.9%; www.innergex.com) has agreed to sell its assets in Iceland. It owns a 53.9% stake in two geothermal power projects and is building a run-of-river hydro project (one that relies on relatively steady river currents rather than a reservoir, or dam, to maintain its power output). Innergex will receive $408.8 million when it completes the transaction, probably before June 30, 2019. The company will use the proceeds to repay $228 million in loans it used to fund last year’s purchase of a 62% stake in five wind farms on Quebec’s Gaspé peninsula. It paid TransCanada Corp. $630 million for those operations. Innergex Renewable Energy is a buy. buy…