ORA Ormat Technologies Inc

Call Will be Webcast Simultaneously RENO, Nevada, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA) plans to announce its first quarter 2009 earnings results in a press release that will be issued early morning on Monday, May 11, 2009. The Company has scheduled a conference call to discuss the results, on the same day at 9 a.m. EDT. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040422/LATH066LOGO) The conference call will be broadcast live as a listen-only webcast. To listen to the call, please go to http://www.ormat.com/ approximately twenty minutes before the conference call is scheduled to begin. You will need to register, and may need to download and install the required audio software. The webcast will be archived for 30 days following the call. About Ormat Technologies Ormat Technologies, Inc. is the only vertically-integrated company primarily engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. The Company designs, develops, owns and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants around the world. Additionally, the Company designs, manufactures and sells geothermal and recovered energy power units and other power-generating equipment, and provides related services. The Company has more than four decades of experience in the development of environmentally-sound power, primarily in geothermal and recovered-energy generation. Ormat products and systems are covered by 75 U.S. patents. Ormat has built over approximately 1,200 MW of plants half for its own account and half as supplies to utilities and developers. Ormat current generating portfolio includes the following geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants: in the United States - Brady, Heber, Mammoth, Ormesa, Puna, Steamboat, OREG 1 and OREG 2; in Guatemala - Zunil and Amatitlan; in Kenya - Olkaria; in Nicaragua - Momotombo and in New Zealand - GDL. Safe Harbor Statement Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to Ormat's plans, objectives and expectations for future operations and are based upon its management's current estimates and projections of future results or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" as described in Ormat Technologies, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009 These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Ormat Technologies Contact: Investor Relations Contact: Dita Bronicki Todd Fromer / Marybeth Csaby CEO KCSA Strategic Communications 775-356-9029 212-896-1215 (Todd) /212-896-1236 (Marybeth) / http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040422/LATH066LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Ormat Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Dita Bronicki CEO of Ormat Technologies, Inc., +1-775-356-9029, ; or Investor Relations, Todd Fromer, +1-212-896-1215, , or Marybeth Csaby, +1-212-896-1236, , both of KCSA Strategic Communications, for Ormat Technologies, Inc. Web Site: http://www.ormat.com/

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