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Note 20 - Transactions With Related Entities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] | NOTE 20 — TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED ENTITIES Transactions between the Company and related entities, other than those disclosed elsewhere in these financial are summarized below:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
Property rental fee expense paid to the Parent |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 303 |
Corporate financial, administrative, executive services, and research and development services provided to the Parent |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 148 |
Services rendered by an indirect shareholder of the Parent |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15 |
Restructuring with the Parent On February 5, 2015, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (“TASE”) approved the listing of the Company ’s common stock on the TASE. On February 10, 2015, the Company's common stock was successfully listed on the TASE. The TASE also confirmed that the Company will be included in the TA- 25 Index, which is the TASE flagship index that tracks the share prices of the 25 companies with the highest market capitalization on the exchange. The Company will remain subject to the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Under the local regime for dual listing, the Company will use the same periodic reports, financial and other relevant disclosure information that the Company submits to the SEC and NYSE. On February 12, 2015, the Company completed the share exchange transaction with its then- Parent entity, Ormat Industries Ltd. ("OIL" or "Parent") following which, the Company became a noncontrolled public company and its public float increased from approximately 40% to approximately 76% of its total shares outstanding. Under the terms of the share exchange, OIL shareholders received 0.2592 shares in the Company for each share in OIL, or an aggregate of approximately 30.2 million shares, reflecting a net issuance of approximately 3.0 million shares (after deducting the 27.2 million shares that OIL held in the Company). Consequently, the number of total shares of the Company outstanding increased from approximately 45.5 million shares to approximately 48.5 million shares as of the closing of the share exchange. In exchange, the Company also received $15.4 million in cash, $0.6 million in other assets and $12.1 million in land and buildings and assumed $0.5 million in liabilities. OIL's principal business purpose was to hold its interest in the Company and the transaction resulted in a transfer of non-material assets from OIL to the Company. Therefore, there was no change in the reporting entity as a result of the transaction and the Company recognized the transfer of net assets at their carrying value as presented in OIL's financial statements. Any activities of OIL will be accounted for prospectively by the Company Corporate and administrative services agreement with the Parent Ormat Systems and the Parent had agreements whereby Ormat Systems provided to the Parent, for a monthly fee of $ 10,000 (adjusted annually, in part based on changes in the Israeli Consumer Price Index), certain corporate administrative services, including the services of executive officers. In addition, Ormat Systems agreed to provide the Parent with services of certain skilled engineers and other research and development employees at Ormat Systems’ cost plus 10%. Lease agreements with the Parent Ormat Systems had a rental agreement with the Parent entered into in July 2004 for the sublease of office and manufacturing facilities in Yavne, Israel, for a monthly rent of $52,000, adjusted annually for changes in the Israeli Consumer Price Index, plus taxes and other costs to maintain the properties. Effective April 1, 2009, Ormat Systems entered into an additional rental agreement with the Parent for the sublease of additional manufacturing facilities adjacent to the current manufacturing facilities in Yavne, Israel. The term of the additional rent agreement was to expire on the same day as the abovementioned lease agreement entered into in July 2004. Pursuant to the additional lease agreement, Ormat Systems paid a monthly rent of $77,000, adjusted annually for changes in the Israeli Consumer Price Index, plus tax and other costs to maintain the properties . As of February 12, 2015, the above-mentioned agreements are no longer effective as a result of the restructuring transaction described above.

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