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Jan 29, 2026 - The World`s Largest Power Plant Is Hidden Inside a Mountain



Deep inside solid rock lies the world`s largest hidden power plant. This video takes you inside the Baihetan Hydropower Station, a massive underground engineering megaproject carved more than 300 meters into a mountain. With sixteen 1-gigawatt turbines, it generates electricity for tens of millions of homes while resisting extreme water pressure, seismic forces, and complex geology. Built along the Jinsha River in China, Baihetan showcases the limits of modern hydropower, extreme civil engineering, and large-scale renewable energy infrastructure.
00:00 The Power Plant You Can`t See
00:38 Hidden Hydropower Giant
01:48 Carving a City Underground
02:59 Managing the Mountain
04:04 The Underground Turbine Hall
04:54 Powering a Nation
06:00 Defying Earthquakes
06:42 Turning Pressure Into Power
07:23 A Century-Scale Machine
09:09 The Underground Future