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Note 12 - Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Note 12 - Subsequent Events	Sep. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	NOTE 12 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Cash dividend On November 7, 2017, the Board declared, approved and authorized payment of a quarterly dividend of $4.0 million ( $0.08 per share) to all holders of the Company ’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock on November 21, 2017, payable on December 5, 2017. OPC buyout On May 31, 2017, the Company ’s partners JPM and Morgan Stanley achieved their target after-tax yield on its investment in OPC, LLC (“OPC”) and on October 31, 2017, Ormat Nevada purchased all of the Class B membership units in OPC from JPM and Morgan Stanley for $1.9 million. As a result, Ormat Nevada is now the sole owner of all of the economic and voting interests in OPC and continues to consolidate OPC in its financial statements.