 
 <prompt> In which year total investment for renewable energy pass $250 billion, 2012 or 2011? Given di last question, write one context wey contain di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context: <response>: Total investment for renewable energy (wey include small hydro-electric projects) for 2012 na $244 billion, wey reduce by 12% from 2011 mainly because solar prices don drop wella and US and EU markets don weak. As part of total investment for power plants, wind and solar PV don increase from 14% for 2000 reach over 60% for 2012. The top countries wey dey invest for recent years na China, Germany, Spain, United States, Italy, and Brazil. Companies wey dey do renewable energy include BrightSource Energy, First Solar, Gamesa, GE Energy, Goldwind, Sinovel, Trina Solar, Vestas and Yingli. 