If you want to convert CSV to Excel without Excel being installed, you can use the great .NET library EPPlus (under LGPL license) to create and modify Excel Sheets and also convert CSV to Excel really fast!
$HOME\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\EPPlus
)[Reflection.Assembly]::UnsafeLoadFrom($DLLPath) | Out-Null
# Create temporary CSV and Excel file names
$FileNameCSV = "$HOME\Downloads\test.csv"
$FileNameExcel = "$HOME\Downloads\test.xlsx"
# Create CSV File (with first line containing type information and empty last line)
Get-Process | Export-Csv -Delimiter ';' -Encoding UTF8 -Path $FileNameCSV
# Load EPPlus
$DLLPath = "$HOME\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\EPPlus\EPPlus.dll"
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile($DLLPath) | Out-Null
# Set CSV Format
$Format = New-object -TypeName OfficeOpenXml.ExcelTextFormat
$Format.Delimiter = ";"
# use Text Qualifier if your CSV entries are quoted, e.g. "Cell1","Cell2"
$Format.TextQualifier = '"'
$Format.Encoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
$Format.SkipLinesBeginning = '1'
$Format.SkipLinesEnd = '1'
# Set Preferred Table Style
$TableStyle = [OfficeOpenXml.Table.TableStyles]::Medium1
# Create Excel File
$ExcelPackage = New-Object OfficeOpenXml.ExcelPackage
$Worksheet = $ExcelPackage.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("FromCSV")
# Load CSV File with first row as heads using a table style
$null=$Worksheet.Cells.LoadFromText((Get-Item $FileNameCSV),$Format,$TableStyle,$true)
# Load CSV File without table style
#$null=$Worksheet.Cells.LoadFromText($file,$format)
# Fit Column Size to Size of Content
$Worksheet.Cells[$Worksheet.Dimension.Address].AutoFitColumns()
# Save Excel File
$ExcelPackage.SaveAs($FileNameExcel)
Write-Host "CSV File $FileNameCSV converted to Excel file $FileNameExcel"