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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Beck Gillon   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 __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 6225 NEIL ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/28/2016 (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 (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 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) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 09/28/2016   S   390,000 (1) D $ 48.64 6,924,118 (1) (2) I By FIMI ENRG, L.P. and FIMI ENRG, Limited Partnership (1)

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Beck Gillon C/O ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6225 NEIL ROAD RENO, NV 89511	X	X

Signatures

/s/ Etty Rosner		09/30/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting person, a member of the board of directors of the Issuer, is also an officer of FIMI IV 2007 Ltd., the general partner of each of FIMI ENRG, L.P. ("FIMI ENRG 1") and FIMI ENRG, Limited Partnership ("FIMI ENRG 2"). On September 28, 2016, FIMI IV 2007 Ltd., FIMI ENRG 1, FIMI ENRG 2 and Ishay Davidi (the "FIMI Entities") sold 390,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Shares"), of the Issuer. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities.
(2)	Due to certain agreements with Bronicki Investments Ltd ("Bronicki") the FIMI Entities may be deemed to beneficially own 3,526,959 Shares beneficially owned by Bronicki, which together with the 6,924,118 Shares beneficially owned by the FIMI Entities represent approximately 21.06% of the Issuer's outstanding Shares. The FIMI Entities and the reporting person disclaim beneficial ownership of all Shares owned by Bronicki.
Remarks: 1. Etty Rosner is signing on behalf of Mr. Beck pursuant to a power of attorney dated June 1, 2012.

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