POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Ormat Technologies,
Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Connie Stechman and Etty
Rosner, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     1. Complete and execute Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 and other forms and all
amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion
determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the
Company; and

     2. Do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the
Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem
appropriate.

     The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned and one another as the case may
be, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (as amended).

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 27 day of February, 2007.


Signature: /ss/ Robert Clarke
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Print Name: Robert F. Clarke