Vestas launched its own iPhone app, which relies on the company's many installed wind turbines and weather data sensors around the world, to brings us up to date weather information.

In its announcement, the company said the app shows weather data based on specific GPS coordinates of the user's mobile phone, and relies on data received from sensors on more than 40,000 turbines installed around the world, which is quite impressive.

The app has been designed to work on the iPhone, iPod and iPad, and is available at the iTunes App Store, yes, you guessed it, for free!

“It’s pretty simple. We have so much knowledge that we can share with the broader public in a way that supports our product and our brand. This app gives extremely useful information for the end-user and at the same time we can promote wind

Lars Chr. Christensen, VP, Plant Siting and Forecasting, Vestas Technology R&D

Key features of the new app include:

• Tailored weather report at favorite locations.
• World weather on map.
• 5 day forecast, updated every 6 hours.
• Customized weather alarms.
• See how much energy a V112-3.0 MW would generate right now at your current location.

Okay, we'll let that last point slide through , after all, the app is useful and free… Nice one Vestas!