13.05.2026
Elvian Technologies s.r.o. is joining Energy Club. The Czech technology and engineering company, a Nokia Certified Partner for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, specializes in solutions for critical infrastructure, mission-critical communications, private networks and smart-grid systems for the energy sector.
For Ukraine, which is restoring and modernizing its energy infrastructure in wartime conditions, resilience, cybersecurity, grid controllability and the ability to operate during physical and cyberattacks have become critical priorities. This makes private LTE/5G networks, backup communication channels, grid automation, monitoring, control and dispatching systems especially relevant.
Elvian Technologies works with critical-infrastructure solutions across Central and Eastern Europe, including in the energy, defence and transport infrastructure sectors. The company highlights its experience with transmission system operators in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as its compliance with requirements for sensitive environments, including cybersecurity.
Energy Club journalist Olena Karpachova spoke withspoke with Jiří Stibůrek, Sales Manager at Elvian Technologies s.r.o., about which solutions the company sees as most relevant for Ukraine, why smart grid should be designed as an integrated architecture rather than a set of separate components, and how Elvian Technologies sees its role in the restoration and modernization of Ukraine’s energy system.
– Jiří, could you briefly introduce Elvian Technologies to the Ukrainian energy community? What are the company’s main areas of expertise?
– Elvian Technologies is a Czech technology and engineering company based in Prague. We are a certified Nokia partner and work closely with Nokia Bell Labs and Siemens on long-term technology projects.
Our main focus is on supplying technologies that support the country’s critical infrastructure — from the telecommunications backbone and network elements to monitoring, control and billing systems.
We are Nokia’s preferred supplier for the Czech Army, where the strictest cybersecurity requirements apply. Our technologies and processes meet the highest NATO standards.
Our smart-grid solutions are currently in live operation at CEPS, the transmission system operator in the Czech Republic, SEPS, the transmission system operator in Slovakia, and with other customers across Europe. These are not pilot or experimental solutions, but products proven in the real-world operation of critical energy infrastructure.
– What is the history of Elvian Technologies, and how has the company developed its expertise in energy infrastructure, smart grids, microgrids and critical systems?
– We have many years of experience with various phases of smart-grid technology integration — from communication backbones and control systems to smart metering — always in accordance with European standards, including ENTSO-E, NIS2 and IEC.
We gained this experience through long-term collaboration with leading European operators of critical energy infrastructure.
A unique opportunity is emerging in Ukraine today: to skip an entire generation of communication and network infrastructure and build directly to European standards. We are offering a comprehensive solution tailored precisely for this situation — from a single source and with a single point of responsibility.
What is essential for a Ukrainian partner is that solutions for the Ukrainian market will be designed by the same experts who contributed to the architecture in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, together with the Nokia Bell Labs team. In our field, Nokia Bell Labs has nine Nobel Prizes and tens of thousands of patents in telecommunications, network technologies and cybersecurity. This means access to some of the best technical minds available in Europe and globally.
– Which solutions and technologies offered by Elvian Technologies are most relevant for Ukraine today?
– We offer a complete smart-grid solution as a single integrated product, not as individual components. For the Ukrainian context, the following layers, which we deliver together, are most relevant.
The first layer is the communication backbone: private LTE/5G networks, including Nokia DAC, independent of commercial operators and supplemented by backup microwave links for situations where optical infrastructure is damaged.
The second layer is network elements and primary technologies: the Nokia and Siemens portfolio for both distribution and transmission levels.
The third layer is the supervision and control system: a proprietary integration layer that connects all components into a single controllable unit — ADMS, FLISR, monitoring and predictive maintenance.
The fourth layer is the tariffing and billing system: a proprietary solution that adds a commercial dimension to the technology layer and gives the operator full control over the network’s economics.
We deliver this solution as a comprehensive package: one supplier, one responsibility, one point of contact.
– Ukraine is currently focused on resilience, decentralization and modernization of its energy infrastructure. How can Elvian Technologies contribute to these priorities?
– Our complete smart-grid solution precisely addresses these three priorities.
Resilience is ensured by a combination of private LTE/5G and backup microwave links. This allows the operator not to lose control of the grid even if optical infrastructure is destroyed. FLISR automation reduces recovery time after a failure from hours to minutes. Our monitoring system enables control even in crisis scenarios.
Decentralization is supported by the fact that our smart grid is designed for the flexible integration of microgrids, distributed renewable energy sources and any combination of energy sources. The operator can gradually add new sources and nodes without having to rebuild the entire architecture.
Modernization means that the integrated solution — Nokia, Siemens, monitoring and billing — immediately brings the Ukrainian grid up to European standards, compatible with ENTSO-E and European regulatory requirements.
– Which types of Ukrainian partners would be most relevant to your company: distribution system operators, municipalities, industrial consumers, power generation companies, technology integrators or other stakeholders?
– Our primary target is transmission and distribution system operators. We have experience integrating with European transmission system operators, including CEPS and SEPS, and this customer profile best aligns with our comprehensive solution.
We are also open to collaboration with municipalities and communities that need solutions for local-level distribution and microgrid integration.
For large industrial consumers with their own distribution infrastructure and a critical need for uninterrupted supply, our solutions may also be relevant.
Another area is generation companies, particularly for renewable energy integration and flexible dispatch control.
We do not disclose specific business cases or signed memoranda, as we value our clients’ trust and the sensitivity of their projects. Our preferred model is a long-term partnership with full responsibility for comprehensive solutions, not partial deliveries.
– What experience does Elvian Technologies have with projects related to critical infrastructure, grid modernization or energy security?
– Our experience with critical infrastructure is long-standing and backed by references at the highest European level.
CEPS in the Czech Republic — our technology is part of the infrastructure of the Czech Republic’s transmission system operator.
SEPS in Slovakia — the same applies to the Slovak transmission system operator.
We also supply technology for critical railway infrastructure in Slovakia.
In addition, we are a preferred supplier for the Czech Army, and our processes and technologies meet NATO requirements for sensitive environments.
In the field of energy security, we operate on the principle that critical infrastructure must function under all conditions. That is why we integrate backup communication layers — microwave links, satellite backups, power redundancy, cyber protection at both the protocol and physical layers, and strict separation of management from the public network.
Our solution is designed so that the operator never loses control of their network — not even during a physical or cyberattack.
– How do you see the role of microgrids, automation and digital technologies in the restoration and strengthening of the Ukrainian energy system?
– Our smart-grid architecture is designed to support any energy mix — from nuclear and conventional generation to large-scale renewables, local microgrids and distributed generation. This flexibility is essential for Ukraine today.
Microgrids enable critical facilities — hospitals, water treatment plants, military bases, industrial zones and cities — to operate autonomously even during a central grid outage. Our solution integrates microgrids into the main distribution network as equal elements, not as separate islands.
Automation, including ADMS, FLISR and self-healing grids, reduces reliance on human intervention during crises and enables rapid grid reconfiguration even if part of the communication infrastructure is lost.
The digital layer — a monitoring and control system combined with our billing system — transforms the grid into an active system capable of real-time planning, prediction and optimization. For Ukraine, this means the opportunity to skip a generation of infrastructure.
– What are the main challenges you see in implementing modern energy infrastructure solutions in Ukraine?
– We see four main challenges.
The first is security and physical resilience. Targeted attacks on infrastructure require an architecture that does not lose control even if key links are damaged. A concrete example: our monitoring system is designed so that if the optical network is destroyed, a backup microwave network takes over communication. The operator still has connectivity, monitoring and the ability to intervene. Without this redundancy, the network becomes “blind”.
The second is financing. A modern smart-grid infrastructure is capital-intensive. We have practical experience in designing and securing various financing models: international financial institutions, export support, EU funds and blended finance structures. This is necessary to ensure the project remains financially viable for the operator.
The third is the regulatory framework and harmonization with the EU. Dynamic legislation, including ENTSO-E, NIS2 and data standards, requires close coordination with the national regulator as early as the design phase.
The fourth is human capital. Modern technology does not work without trained personnel. Part of our comprehensive solution is training the customer’s staff to work with the deployed technologies. In this way, we build Ukrainian expertise rather than dependence on external consultants.
– Why did Elvian Technologies decide to join Energy Club, and what kind of collaboration would you like to develop within our community?
– Energy Club appeals to us as a professional platform that brings together active participants in the Ukrainian energy market across all segments: operators, regulators, industry and technology partners.
Our primary focus is to listen, share and learn together.
Listening — to understand the current needs of the Ukrainian energy sector firsthand, not through secondary sources.
Sharing — to bring experience from our work at the highest European level: CEPS, SEPS and NATO-certified environments.
Learning together — because exchanging views with Ukrainian experts is at least as valuable to us as our own contribution.
We are not joining Energy Club with expectations of quick commercial results or exclusive access. We are joining with the conviction that long-term professional dialogue is an essential prerequisite for any meaningful cooperation in an area as sensitive as national energy infrastructure.
– What is your main message to Ukrainian energy companies, communities and infrastructure operators that may be seeking reliable long-term technology partners?
– We offer a complete smart-grid solution: Nokia, Siemens, our own monitoring and control system, and our own billing system — from a single source and with a single point of responsibility.
Our technology is proven in critical infrastructure operations across Europe: CEPS, SEPS and NATO-certified environments. These are not pilot projects. This is everyday reality.
Our collaboration is based on four principles.
We build, we do not take. Every project should leave Ukraine stronger and more self-sufficient.
Patience with a vision. Modernizing energy infrastructure is a decades-long project. We are ready to be a long-term partner.
Technology serves, it does not control. Our goal is not to lock the customer in, but to strengthen their ability to make independent decisions and retain control over their own infrastructure.
Truth over convenience. If a solution is not the best fit for the context, we will say so openly. Trust lasts longer than any contract.
If you are looking for a partner with these principles and proven technological capabilities at the European level, we are happy to talk.
