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Holders of Ormat Technologies (ORA:  NYSE) shares may feel somewhat blindsided by the cessation of operations at the Puna geothermal power plant on the Hawaii Island.  Lava flowing from neighboring Kilauea volcano has overrun two of the geothermal wells as well as a warehouse and an electricity substation. Shareholders cannot claim they were not forewarned.  Ormat’s annual report for 2017 mentions the risk of volcanic eruptions seventeen times.  However, since no geothermal power company has ever experienced an interruption in operations due to a volcanic eruption, investors most likely overlooked the real dangers of locating a business on top of geological ‘hot spot.’ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Hawaii_Mount_Kilauea%27s_eruption_opens_new_lava_vent.webm Ormat is not the...

Geothermal stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves using the earth's heat energy for productive use, such as generating electricity and space and process heat. This list was last updated on 10/27/2020. Calpine Corp. (CPN) Bought out. No longer publicly traded. Climeon AB (CLIME-B.ST) Contact Energy Limited (CEN.NZ, COENF) Enel SpA (ENEL.MI, ESOCF) Energy Development Corporation (EGDCY) Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (INE.TO, INGXF) Mercury NZ Limited (MCY.NZ) NIBE Industrier AB (NIBE-B.ST, NDRBF) Ormat (ORA) Ormat Industries (ORMT.TA) Polaris Infrastructure Inc. (PIF.TO, RAMPF) If you know of any geothermal stock that is not listed here and should be, please let us know by leaving a comment. Also for stocks in the...