ISTANBUL--January 31, 2012--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--French utility firm GDF Suez (PA:GSZ) (Paris) has applied to Turkish energy regulator Energy Markets Regulatory Authority (EMRA) (Ankara, Turkey) to build a coal-powered plant in Adana, Yumurtalik. The company applied for a 1.32-gigawatt (GW) power plant, which will burn imported hard coal.