Camino Madre Project Overview
The Project
The Camino Madre Renewable Power Project is a proposed utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage development led by Triple Oak Power through its subsidiary Camino Madre Renewable Power LLC. The project is located on the Prescott National Forest and private lands owned by Yavapai Ranch LP and associated entities in northern Yavapai County, Arizona, approximately 12 miles south of Seligman
Project Description and Scale
The development targets approximately 450 MW of wind generation along with solar arrays and up to 300 MW of battery energy storage (BESS), with a planned commercial operation target of 2029. It would include up to roughly 76 large wind turbines, new access roads, collection system cabling, a substation, transmission tie-in lines, and supporting infrastructure on approximately 11,200 acres of private ranch land.
The Yavapai Ranch is a historic working cattle and horse ranch spanning over 100,000 acres. The project area features a complex checkerboard pattern of private ranch land interspersed with sections of the Prescott National Forest. This ownership pattern requires new roads and transmission lines that will cross or border public forest lands to connect the facility to the regional grid.
Current Status and Test Towers
In 2025, Triple Oak Power received approval from the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors for the installation of four temporary meteorological (MET) test towers, each 197 feet tall. These towers were permitted for a five-year period to collect wind data and assess site suitability. The MET tower Use Permit (PLA24-000120) was heard by the Planning & Zoning Commission in March 2025 and approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 16, 2025, at their meeting in Cottonwood. The towers represent an early data-gathering phase ahead of a full wind energy generation application.
Infrastructure and Land Use Implications
Because the turbine sites are spread across the checkerboard private parcels, the project will require extensive new internal access roads and a generation-tie transmission line to interconnect with existing utility infrastructure. These improvements will necessarily interface with or cross adjacent Prescott National Forest sections, raising questions about additional easements, environmental impacts, and long-term land use changes on both private and public lands.The full project remains in the early permitting and development stage. Future applications will address detailed engineering, environmental studies, and county approvals through the Yavapai County Planning & Zoning Commission and Board of Supervisors.
Residents Received the Following on or around June 4, 2026
