International Women’s Day – Meet the women shaping our future

We’ve all read the stats and we see it every day in the office and on the streets. We want progress, especially in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), to get more women in these roles and leading the charge. And we are making progress. Women are changing the world. We’re lucky enough that some of these incredible women work right here. They’re changing the world every day not because they’re women, but because they’re working on curing diseases, saving the environment, exploring the skies, and developing new technology and industries.

Anna Crewell - PhD candidate, CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere. 

But before we meet some of these amazing women who are helping shape our future, we also want to acknowledge that to shape Australia’s future in with science, we need to consider the next generation and how we can encourage more young girls to consider STEM as a viable career option for them. Many young girls still think that STEM subjects are for boys and they couldn’t succeed in these careers. This is because you can’t be what you can’t see. We need more role models for the future generation so they too can shape our future and #PressforProgress.

Read the CSIROscope story by Nikki Galovic - “International Women’s Day – Meet the women shaping our future.”

Renewable energy trial provides King Island with free power

New technology will provide free power to King Island as it aims to prove low-cost energy generation claims.

The units are installed at depths of around 10 metres. 

Wave Swell Energy, a group developing ocean wave energy generation technology, is carrying out commercial validation trials off Tasmania's King Island ahead of a potential listing.

The group has built what Wave Swell chief executive Tom Denniss described as "big concrete caverns", which use the constant back and forth flow of the ocean to generate energy.

"As waves pass into the inside of the cavern the water level rises, this causes pressure on the air, which blows open valves at the top of the unit and turns a uni-directional turbine; as the water recedes it causes negative pressure which closes the valves, creating a cyclical process.”

Read Cole Latimer’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Renewable energy trial provides King Island with free power.”