www . itaipu . gov . br / en / pressoffice / faq

PRICE TAG : $ 19.6bn DATE : 2008

An extraordinary project that should be emulated around the world , the Itaipu Dam generates 16 % of the energy needed in Brazil and 76 % of the energy consumed in Paraguay . It is , according to its own hype , the largest clean , renewable energy generator on the planet and had produced more than 2.4bn MWh by 2015 .

www . kansai-airport . or . jp / en /

PRICE TAG : $ 20bn DATE : 1994

One of the busiest airports in the world was once just sea and soft ground . After billions in development , land reclamation and extraordinary engineering , Japan ’ s Kansai International Airport is one of the most expensive and impressive feats of modern infrastructure development .

64 June 2018