Dr Nikolas Flourentzou is a Senior Associate Scientist at the Maritime Digitalisation Centre of Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute. He has received the BEng degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK, the joint MSc degree in Power Electronics and Drives from the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, UK, and the PhD degree in Power Systems from the University of Sydney, Australia. He received the First Prize of ElectricaAwards2010 International Innovation contest for the future of electricity networks by AREVA T&D (former ALSTOM Grid and now known as GE Grid Solutions) and the Best Paper Award on the 8th international conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IEEE PEDS’09). His fields of interests are Maritime digitalisation, Ocean Decarbonisation, and Offshore Renewable Energy. His research expertise includes High-Voltage DC power transmission systems, Voltage-Source Converter topologies, and Selective-Harmonic Elimination PWM methods.