Balancing Green Ambition with Competitiveness: Elevion Group CEO on Europe’s Energy Transition

As Europe continues to accelerate its energy transition, the focus is increasingly shifting from ambition to execution. While climate targets are well defined, delivering clean energy in a way that is both affordable and reliable remains a complex challenge. In the interview atEnlit Europe in Bilbao, Spain, Jaroslav Macek, CEO of Elevion Group, shared his perspective on how Europe can successfully balance sustainability goals with economic competitiveness and energy resilience.

According to Macek, achieving this balance requires a pragmatic approach that goes beyond high-level ambitions. The key lies in creating the right conditions for implementation, including faster permitting processes, more flexible regulatory frameworks and the effective mobilisation of private capital. Clean energy must not only support decarbonisation targets, but also remain accessible, cost-efficient and secure.

Digitalisation and electrification play a central role in this transformation. Fully digital energy systems enable better optimisation, improve efficiency and strengthen energy security across the value chain. While artificial intelligence is gaining attention as a driver of innovation in the energy sector, its potential cannot be fully realised without a solid digital foundation. In this context, digitalisation becomes a prerequisite for unlocking further technological advancements.

Delivering Practical Solutions at Scale

With extensive experience across a broad range of renewable technologies, Elevion Group applies a technology-agnostic approach to its projects. Rather than focusing on individual solutions, the company prioritises what works best in each specific context, ensuring efficiency and long-term value for its partners and customers. This approach is supported by the delivery of thousands of projects annually, backed by strong lifecycle services that ensure reliability and performance over time.

In addition to technological capabilities, long-term partnerships play a crucial role in navigating the complexity of the energy transition. Collaboration across markets and industries helps to accelerate implementation and ensures that solutions are both scalable and adaptable to changing conditions.

Sustainability as Responsibility

Beyond technology and infrastructure, Macek also highlighted the importance of sustainability as a guiding principle. It is not only a strategic priority for companies, but also a personal commitment that shapes leadership decisions and corporate responsibility. Integrating sustainability into everyday operations and long-term strategy is essential for building resilient and future-proof energy systems.

Looking Ahead

The discussion at Enlit Europe underlined the need for a balanced and pragmatic approach to the energy transition. Innovation, digitalisation and electrification will remain key enablers, but their success depends on effective implementation and collaboration across stakeholders.

With its broad expertise, flexible approach and focus on practical solutions, Elevion Group continues to contribute to the development of competitive, secure and sustainable energy systems across Europe.

The full interview with Jaroslav Macek, recorded in November 2025 at Enlit Europe in Bilbao, Spain, is available here.