ASON ELECTRONICA AERONAUTICA SA

Their core work

ASON is a Madrid-based private electronics engineering firm whose H2020 footprint sits at the intersection of aerospace-grade electronics and energy technology. Across three projects they contributed specialist hardware and control know-how — parallel kinematics tracking for solar concentrators, smart inverters, and control electronics for molten salt and modular CSP plants. Their value lies in transferring precision motion control and power electronics expertise (originally aeronautical) into the solar thermal and smart-grid domains. In practice they are a component-level specialist, not a consortium leader.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2016-2017 their H2020 work clustered tightly around concentrated solar power — molten salt loops (MSLOOP 2.0) and modular spherical-concentrator CSP with precision tracking (MOSAIC). By 2019 the focus broadened from generation-side CSP hardware toward grid-side electronics: smart inverters, storage integration and local flexibility markets in MERLON. The trajectory is a move down the energy value chain, from solar field hardware to distributed energy system electronics.

They are shifting from thermal-solar hardware toward distributed energy electronics, making them increasingly relevant for smart-grid, storage and local energy community projects.

How they like to work

ASON appears in every recorded H2020 project as a third party — never as coordinator or named participant — which signals a subcontractor or linked-third-party relationship supplying specific electronics or tracking components. They have nonetheless touched 33 partners across 12 countries, so their footprint is broader than their formal role suggests. Partners working with them can expect a focused hardware/engineering contribution rather than work-package leadership.

Connected to 33 distinct consortium partners across 12 European countries through three projects, with no clear geographic clustering beyond likely Spanish CSP industry ties.

What sets them apart

ASON is an unusual hybrid: an aeronautical electronics firm applying precision motion control and power-electronics capabilities to solar and smart-grid projects. Compared to typical Spanish energy SMEs they bring aerospace-grade engineering discipline to CSP tracking and inverter design. Choose them when a consortium needs a specialist electronics subcontractor rather than a lead partner or systems integrator.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MOSAIC
  Most technically distinctive project — modular CSP with spherical concentrator and parallel kinematics tracking, a direct fit for ASON's aerospace-derived motion control expertise.
• MERLON
  Marks their pivot from solar-field hardware to smart inverters, storage and local flexibility markets — signals the direction of travel.
• MSLOOP 2.0
  Anchor CSP project focused on molten salt loop technology, confirming their role as a solar-thermal component supplier.