The wind farm is owned by BioTherm Energy (wholly owned by Actis),[1] Letsatsi Trust and the Golden Valley Wind Facility Community Trust - jointly Amstilite (Pty) Ltd - who appointed Goldwind as the EPC contractor for the project.

[2][3] In turn, the EPC contractor appointed Concor to build the civil balance of plant, OptiPower, a division of Murray & Roberts for the electrical balance of plant, and Vanguard for specialized lifting.

[4] The initial Environmental & Heritage Impact Assessments[5] were concluded in October 2010; however, this initial assessment encompassed the total project scope of 126 turbines, which later saw the construction of the plant split into two portions, with 48 wind turbine generators being constructed in phase 1 of the Golden Valley Wind Energy Facility project, and the remainder in phase 2.

[6] Due to the decision to construct the wind energy facility in phases, the name of the plant constructed under Phase 1 was henceforth known as Golden Valley Wind Energy Facility, and the plant which is planned for construction under Phase 2 will be known as Golden Valley II Wind Energy Facility.

The construction of the plant began in November 2018, and the wind farm achieved its first connection to the South African electrical grid on 17 December 2020.