Renewable energy-powered Christmas tree shines in Bangkok

A spectacular solar-powered Christmas tree amazed viewers when it was illuminated in Bangkok on Tuesday evening.The festival decoration - the first of its kind in the country to be powered entirely by renewable energy - was installed outside the IconSiam shopping mall.The 66ft tall tree runs on solar panels which charge from the bright tropical sun. It is the first of its kind in Thailand and carries the theme 'Light of the Future'.Despite being an overwhelmingly Buddhist country, the birth of Jesus Christ is marked every year with lights and decorations festivals to boost consumer spending.