Add to your 50.8% gains

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TRANSALTA RENEWABLES, $22.00, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol RNW; Shares outstanding: 267.0 million; Market cap: $5.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.3%; www.transaltarenewables.com) continues to jump to new all-time highs for our subscribers—they’re now up a whopping 50.8% since we first recommended them in our July 2020 issue at $14.59. Meanwhile, TransAlta keeps expanding. It just acquired three new plants from TransAlta Corp.: 100% of the 207 megawatt Windrise wind project in Alberta; 49% of the 137 megawatt Skookumchuck wind facility in Washington State; and 100% of the 29 megawatt Ada cogeneration facility in Michigan. The purchase price is $439.0 million, which includes the remaining construction costs for the Windrise plant (due to start up in late 2021). The three assets have an average contract life of 19 years. TransAlta shares currently yield a high 4.3%, and the dividend appears very sustainable. TransAlta Renewables is a buy. buy…