University of PNG AWS Tender Won by Joint Australian/UK Campbell Scientific Bid

In 2010, the University of Papua New Guinea purchased an automatic weather station from CSA for evaluation. The system had to be web enabled, capable of handling the extreme tropical conditions of PNG and have adequate battery and solar power to remain online for extended periods in tropical monsoonal periods. Despite these challenges, CSA’s engineers and production team provided a system that passed the University’s requirements with flying colours.

In early 2011, the University of PNG applied for and secured external funding for 18 automatic weather stations based on the specifications of the unit previously supplied by CSA. The only problem was that the funding was provided by the European Economic Community (EEC) and their strict requirements required that the 18 stations be supplied by a company from a country within the EEC – which ruled Australia out.

Our sister company in the UK, Campbell Scientific Ltd, quickly agreed to manufacture and supply the 18 stations based on CSA’s specifications with some additional regional components being supplied by CSA. The stations have now been shipped to the University of PNG within budget and on time – another joint Campbell Scientific success story.