The Canberra Liberals have called on the ACT government to abandon a proposal for a 10-megawatt solar farm to be built across the road from Uriarra Village.
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Liberal MLA Andrew Wall said the site was unsuitable and local residents had not been aware of the proposal before it was announced.
''It's a terrible location. It doesn't belong next to residences,'' Mr Wall said.
''By all indications, and judging by the tone of all the information available to residents, the large-scale solar project is a done deal.''
Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell denied it was a done deal and said there would be a public consultation process.
Mr Corbell said he had met Uriarra residents on the day it was announced that Elements Energy had won a solar tender auction.
''Any suggestion that there has not been consultation upfront is wrong,'' he said.
Three proposed large solar power projects would contribute $100 million to the ACT economy and save 1.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, Mr Corbell said.
