Prof David Walwyn

Prof. David Walwyn
+27 (0) 82 4161534
[email protected]

  • BSc Chemical Engineering (1979), University of Cape Town
  • PhD Organic Chemistry, Cambridge University
  • None
  • Sustainability transitions
  • Techno-economics
  • Renewable energy
  • Research Methodology
  • Engineering Economics
  • Project Economics
  • Vehicle to grid
  • HyAfrica (project on natural hydrogen)
  • Walwyn, D. and Hanlin, R. 2022. Broadening Energy Access for Poor Households in Rural Malawi: How Pico Solar, Mobile Money and Cloud-Based Services are Being Combined to Address Energy Exclusion. Frontiers in Energy Research. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.877307
  • Walwyn, D. and Kraemer-Mbula, C. 2021. Captives of Capital? Exploring Economic Models as Recursive and Performative Agents. Energy Research and Social Science. 78, pp 102131.
  • Walwyn, D. and Combrinck, C. 2021. Epistemic justice during a global pandemic: Transforming curricula and pedagogical practices to improve student experiences of innovation studies. Industry and Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950422220987088
  • Walwyn, D. 2020. Turning points for sustainability transitions: Institutional destabilization, public finance and the techno-economic dynamics of decarbonization in South Africa. Energy Research and Social Science. 70, pp 101784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101784
  • Walwyn, D. 2020. Teaching on the edge of chaos: Report on ‘The future of universities in a post-COVID-19 world’. S Afr J Sci. 116(7/8), Art. #8404, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/8404
  • Potts, S. & Walwyn, D. R. 2020. An exploratory study of the South African concentrated solar power sector using the technological innovation systems framework. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 31(2), 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2020/v31i2a7670
  • Walwyn, D. and S. Naidoo. 2020. An Exploratory Sequential Study of Innovation Policy Mix in South Africa. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 12(1), pp 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2019.1610250
  • Hare, C. & Walwyn, D. 2019. A qualitative study of the attitudes of South African spaza shop owners to coopetitive relationships. South African Journal of Business Management, 50(1), pp 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v50i1.1295
  • Walwyn, D.R., A. Bertoldi, C. Gable. 2019. Building the Hydrogen Economy through Niche Experimentation and Digitalisation. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 30(8), pp 1179 – 1190. 10.1108/JMTM-11-2017-0247
  • Walwyn, D.R. and Cloete, L. 2018. The Draft White Paper on Science and Technology Neglects to Prioritise Issues of Performance and Human Capability. S Afr J Sci. 114(11/12), Art. #5679, 6 pages. 10.17159/sajs.2018/5679
  • Walwyn, D.R. and Stephens, A. 2018. Wind Energy in the United Kingdom: Modelling the Effect of Increases in Installed Capacity on Generation Efficiencies. Renewable Energy Focus. 27(Dec 2018), pp 44-58. 10.17632/rs8n356tpk
  • Walwyn, D. 2023. Kincentric Ecology and the Energy Transition; Achieving Net Zero Carbon Suggests Mainstreaming Nature Connectedness. STS 2023, Graz. https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-976-6-21
  • Walwyn, D. and Stephens, A. 2023. The use of incremental decarbonisation cost to determine the upper economic limit for wind fleets. WindAcc 2023, Cape Town.
  • Walwyn, D. R. Nature Connectedness and Discursive Spaces; Understanding Student Responses to Sustainability Education. 2022 IEEE IFEES World Engineering Education Forum-Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC). IEEE, pp 1-5. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9996201 [Accessed 7 March 2023]
  • Walwyn, D. 2022. Blue Hydrogen as an Interim Phase of the Just Transition; Is it a Feasible Proposition for South Africa? TIPS Forum, Pretoria.
  • Walwyn, D. and Stephens, A. 2022. Heat Pumps vs Hydrogen Boilers: Weighing Up the Options for the Decarbonisation of Heating in the United Kingdom. ICECET 2022, Prague. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9872567

 

 

 

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