Loeriesfontein Wind Farm

The Loeriesfontein Wind Energy Facility is a wind farm in the Hantam Municipality, located near Loeriesfontein, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Construction began in September 2015 and all the turbines were in place by 28 February 2017. The 140MW Loeriesfontein Wind Farm has a capacity of 535,354 MWh/year.^[2]

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Loeriesfontein Wind Energy Facility
Country	South Africa
Location	Hantam Municipality
Coordinates	30°24′14″S 19°35′20″E / 30.404°S 19.589°E / -30.404; 19.589
Status	Commissioned
Construction began	November 2015
Commission date	2017
Owner	Infinity Power[1]
Operator	Mainstream Renewable Power
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation
Units operational	61
Make and model	Siemens: Permanent Magnet Generator with Gearless Direct Drive Rotor 2.5 MW
Nameplate capacity	120MW
[edit on Wikidata] Main Sub-Contractors: Siemens Wind Power (Turbines), Concor & Consolidated Power (Construction)
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1. ^ Kemp, Yunus (21 March 2023). "UAE renewable energy company purchases African wind farm operator". ESI Africa. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
2. ^ "news - South African Khobab and Loeriesfontein wind farms begin powering 240 000 homes - FMO". www.fmo.nl. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

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