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- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA; HNM.DE) develops, owns, operates, and sells geothermal and recovered energy power plants; designs, manufactures, and markets equipment including the Ormat Energy Converter for converting low-, medium-, and high-temperature heat sources into electricity; and provides energy storage solutions, solar photovoltaic projects, and related engineering, procurement, and construction services. The company operates through Electricity and Product segments, serving utilities, independent power producers, industrial facilities, and grid operators with baseload renewable power, waste heat recovery systems, and hybrid storage-plus-renewable facilities. Ormat maintains a global presence with power plants and projects in over 30 countries across North America, Latin America including Guatemala, Honduras, and Guadeloupe, East Africa including Kenya, Asia including Indonesia, Europe, and the United States; it employs proprietary technologies for geothermal exploration, plant development, turbine manufacturing, and operations and maintenance. Founded in 1965 in Yavne, Israel, by Lucien and Yehudit Bronicki, the company is headquartered in Reno, Nevada. Recent developments include the June 2025 acquisition of the 20MW Blue Mountain geothermal power plant in Nevada from Cyrq Energy for $88 million, with plans to upgrade capacity by 3.5MW and add a 13MW solar facility; a May 2025 $62 million hybrid tax equity partnership with Morgan Stanley Renewables for the Lower Rio 60MW/120MWh storage and Arrowleaf 35MW/140MWh storage-plus-42MW solar projects; strategic agreements signed in 2025 with SLB and Sage Geosystems to develop enhanced geothermal systems technology; and expansion of its energy storage pipeline to 325MW/1,180MWh under development alongside securing safe harbor for approximately 1.7GWh through 2026.