The Honghuaerji Reservoir, designed to provide water for two coal-fired power plants in Hulun Buir city, Inner Mongolia, is co-invested and built by Huaneng Group and Luneng Group. Both Huaneng and Luneng are among the top 5 biggest Chinese power companies. Ten billion cubic meters of water will be consumed by 16 new coal fired power plants and mines in China in 2015, triggering severe water crises in the country’s arid Northwest.