These renewables deliver high yields

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INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY $14.54 (Toronto symbol INE; Shares outstanding: 108.1 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield 4.5%; www.innergex.com) operates 31 hydroelectric plants, 19 wind farms and one solar power field. Those facilities are spread across Quebec, Ontario, B.C., Idaho and France. The company gets 64% of its power from the hydro plants, 35% from wind and 1% from solar. Innergex continues to grow slowly by building hydroelectric and solar plants, instead of acquiring them. To further cut risk, it makes sure it has long-term power-purchase contracts in place for any new plant it builds, or buys. In the quarter ended June 30, 2017, cash flow rose 5.4%, to $53.1 million, or $0.49 a share, from $50.4 million, or $0.47, a year earlier. The contribution from new plants offset lower rainfall, which cut the amount of power generated. Innergex currently trades at 7.4 times its forecast 2017 cash flow of $1.96 a share. Starting with the April 2017 payment,…