<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-12-040160.txt : 20120803
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120803115623
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-12-040160
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120803
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120803

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Granot David
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001551620

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32347
		FILM NUMBER:		121005869

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6225 NEIL ROAD
		CITY:			RENO
		STATE:			NV
		ZIP:			89511

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001296445
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				880326081
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6225 NEIL ROAD, SUITE 300
		CITY:			RENO
		STATE:			NV
		ZIP:			89511-1136
		BUSINESS PHONE:		775-356-9029

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6225 NEIL ROAD, SUITE 300
		CITY:			RENO
		STATE:			NV
		ZIP:			89511-1136
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    <periodOfReport>2012-08-01</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ORA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Granot David</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>6225 NEIL ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <rptOwnerState>NV</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>89511</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option ( Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>19.69</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2012-08-01</value>
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            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2013-08-01</value>
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                    <value>7500</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2013-08-01</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-08-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <remarks>Etty Rosner is signing on behalf of Mr. Granot pursuant to a power of attorney dated June 3, 2012, filed as an exhibit hereto.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Etty Rosner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-08-03</signatureDate>
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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="right"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;24</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>POWER&nbsp;OF&nbsp;ATTORNEY</B>

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">The undersigned, as a
Section&nbsp;16 reporting person of <B>Ormat Technologies, Inc</B>., (the
&#8220;Company&#8221;), hereby constitutes and appoints, <B>Connie Stechman and
Etty Rosner</B>, and each of them, the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power to act, together or separately,
each without the others, to:

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">1.&nbsp;Complete and
execute Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 and Form&nbsp;ID (Uniform Application for Access
Codes to File on EDGAR) and other forms and all amendments thereto as such
attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or
advisable pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence
of the undersigned&#8217;s ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities
of the Company;

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">2.&nbsp;Do and perform
any and all acts for and on the behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable in order to complete and execute any such form, complete
and execute any amendments thereto, and timely file such forms with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
association, the Company and such other person or agency as the
attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate; and

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 2%" align="left">3.
Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply
with Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act.

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 with respect to the undersigned&#8217;s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company
and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

<P style="text-indent: 6%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I,
the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 3<SUP
style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">rd</SUP> day of June, 2012.
&nbsp;
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