Israel: Geothermal Energy Pioneer Wins Top Award

First Female Winner of 2018 Israel Prize Announced (The Jerusalem Post)

Yehudit and Yehuda Bronicki, the founders of Ormat Technologies, are to receive the Israel Prize in Industry.

Yehudit Bronicki (photo credit: ELI DASSA)

Yehuda and Yehudit Bronicki, founders of Ormat Technologies, a world leader in renewable (geothermal) energy, will be jointly awarded the Israel Prize for Industry, Education Minister Naftali Bennett announced Sunday evening.

“Yehuda Bronicki, a visionary, an inventor, born in Poland who survived the Holocaust and together with his wife, Yehudit (Dita) Bronicki, one of the first businesswomen and female entrepreneurs in Israel, a pioneer in her field, jointly established the Ormat Group and made it a world leader in geothermal energy,” the prize committee wrote in its decision.

The Bronickis established Ormat in 1965, where they ran the company until they retired in 2014.

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From the Global Geothermal News archives:

• Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - USA, Nevada: Dita Bronicki Retiring from Ormat
• Monday, March 19, 2012 - Israel: After 47 years, Bronicki Family Loses Sole Control over Ormat