WWF France

France's state-run Engie has canceled its thermal power plant project in the southern Turkish district of ?skenderun after protests both from local and global environmentalists. 

Environmental lobby groups on Oct. 7 urged French President Francois Hollande to force state-owned utility Engie to stop investing in coal projects in Turkey.

Engie, in partnership with the Turkish company Mimag-Sanko, plans to build the Ada Yumurtal?k 1,320-megawatt coal plant in the south of Turkey.