ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2017

Sep 18, 2017

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Granot, David				2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Ormat Technologies, Inc. [ORA]					5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner
(Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Ormat Technologies, Inc. 6225 Neil Road				3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/14/2017					Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
(Street) Reno NV 89511				4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)					6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form Filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)	(State)	(Zip)	Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security 2. Transaction (Instr. 3) Date (Month/Day/Year)				2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) Code		(A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) V Amount	(A) or (D)	4. Securities Acquired Price	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock		09/14/2017			M		2,500		A \$28.23	2,500	D
Common Stock		09/14/2017			S		2,500		D \$57.66	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of	2.	3. Transaction	3A. Deemed	4.		5. Number		6. Date Exercisable and		7. Title and Amount		8. Price of	9. Number	10.	11. Nature
Derivative	Conversion	Date	Execution Date, if	Transaction of			Expiration Date		of Securities		Derivative	of	Ownership	of Indirect
Security	or Exercise	(Month/Day/Year)	any	Code		Derivative		(Month/Day/Year)		Underlying		Security	Derivative	Form of	Beneficial
(Instr. 3)	Price of		(Month/Day/Year)	(Instr. 8)		Securities				Derivative Security		(Instr. 5)	Securities	Derivative	Ownership
	Derivative					Acquired				(Instr. 3 and 4)			Beneficially	Security:	(Instr. 4)
	Security					(A) or							Owned	Direct (D)
						Disposed							Following	or Indirect
						of (D)							Reported	(I)
						(Instr. 3, 4,							Transaction	(Instr. 4)
				and 5)							(s)
											Amount		(Instr. 4)
											or
											Number
								Date	Expiration		of
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Exercisable	Date	Title	Shares
Non	\$28.23	09/14/2017		A		2,500			11/05/2015 11/05/2021 Common		2,500	0	15,000	D
Qualified										Stock
Stock
Option
(Right to
Buy)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
		Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Granot, David c/o Ormat Technologies, Inc. 6225 Neil Road Reno NV 89511	X

Signatures

/s/ Etty Rosner	09/18/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person	Date

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

Etty Rosner is signing on behalf of Mr. Granot pursuant to a power of attorney dated June 3, 2012.

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