Ormat Technologies reports strong electricity sales for 2021

Olkaria III plant by Ormat (source: video screenshot)

Alexander Richter 6 Mar 2022

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021 reporting strong revenue growth for its electricity segment.

“The fourth quarter marked a strong finish for 2021, with quarterly results for both revenues and Adjusted EBITDA delivering significant growth versus last year’s notably strong fourth quarter,” said Doron Blachar, Ormat’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are encouraged by the record quarterly Adjusted EBITDA along with year over year growth in revenue, operating income and adjusted EPS. This demonstrated growth is supported by our expanding electricity and energy storage portfolios, which we expect will continue to grow in 2022. Our operational performance is improving, and we are capturing the benefit of our strategic actions, as our revenues and profitability reflect the contributions from our capacity expansions, Puna’s resumed profitable operation and acquisitions in our geothermal portfolio.”

Blachar added, “Looking ahead to 2022, we expect to deliver meaningful revenue expansion, driving profitable growth of roughly 10% in Adjusted EBITDA versus 2021 results. This will be supported by expected increases to capacity in both our Electricity and Energy Storage segments. With the growing demand for geothermal energy and current regulatory tailwinds, we remain confident in our long-term plans to increase our combined geothermal, energy storage and solar generating portfolio to more than 1.5 GW by 2023. We are on track to deliver an annual Adjusted EBITDA of USD 500 million on a run-rate basis towards the end of 2022 and expect these figures to continue their healthy growth trajectory as we move forward with our plans in 2023 and onwards. We firmly believe that our strategy, our assets, and our advantageous cost structure position Ormat to succeed in the current environment, as we look to execute on our portfolio expansion, capture stronger margins, and drive shareholder value. We invite you all to participate in our upcoming Investor Day, where we will expand further on our long-term goals and our strategic plans for the future.”

In its operational update, the company reports having

• successfully resumed normal operation of the Brawley and Guadeloupe power plants following operational issues that lowered performance in 2021,
• started construction at Dixie Meadows project and expects commercial operation by year end 2022.
• working on preparations to increase Olkaria’s generation gradually during the second quarter of 2022 by 10 MW to 12 MW following the power plant’s planned modification and expects to reach between 135 MW to 140 MW by the end of 2022.

The company expects total revenues to reach USD 725 to 750 million, while electricity segment revenues are expected to increase to USD 645-655 million

Source: Company release