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September 26, 2011

VIA EDGAR

Ms. Jennifer Thompson
Ms. Yong Kim
Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20549


Re:		Ormat Technologies, Inc. Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2010 Filed February 28, 2011 File No. 1-32347

Dear Ms. Thompson and Ms. Kim:

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) acknowledges receipt of the letter dated September 15, 2011 (the “Staff Letter”) from the Division of Corporation Finance of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Reference is also made to the conversation between the undersigned and Ms. Yong Kim on September 26, 2011, during which it was agreed that the Company would respond to the Staff Letter by October 13, 2011.


	Sincerely,
	/s/ Joseph Tenne
	Joseph Tenne Chief Financial Officer Ormat Technologies, Inc.