Solar engineering · Chile
Carlos Jofré Oñate
Carlos Jofré Oñate is a Chilean solar energy engineer, founder and CEO of SolarPro Chile. He co-founded and led Ecoenergías, the Valparaíso engineering firm that in 2017 won the public tender to build the photovoltaic plant at La Moneda Palace, Chile's seat of government, and in 2018 he was elected industry representative on the interim board of AtaMoS-TeC, a solar R&D consortium funded by CORFO.
Key facts, with public sources
| Year | Fact | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Co-founds Ecoenergías, a renewable energy engineering firm in Valparaíso, Chile. | Ecoenergías archived website; Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María |
| 2014–2015 | General manager of Ecoenergías. | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez thesis (2014); USM news (2015) |
| 2015 | CEO of HH Motors, a vehicle hydrogen project that won three innovation awards, including Fundación Copec-UC's "Aplica tu Idea". | Las Últimas Noticias, 20 Nov 2015 |
| 2016 | Awarded a CORFO Seed Capital grant in his own name to develop a thermovoltaic cell. | CORFO public registry, 16CS-69075 |
| 2017 | Ecoenergías wins public tender 584105-24-LP17 for La Moneda's 30 kWp solar plant. | Mercado Público |
| 2017 | Founds SolarPro. | Chiletec, 27 Nov 2017 |
| 2018 | Industry representative on the interim board of AtaMoS-TeC. | SERC Chile, 6 Feb 2018 |
| 2018 | Green hydrogen panelist on BioBioChile as general manager of SolarFuel. | BioBioChile, 6 Sep 2018 |
| 2018–2019 | Leads PredictSun, a CORFO-funded predictive maintenance project at the 54 MW Los Loros PV plant (ENGIE group, Atacama). | CORFO, 18COTE-89650 |
| 2020–2021 | The Presidency of Chile hires SolarPro to maintain La Moneda's solar panels. | Mercado Público purchase orders |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Carlos Jofré Oñate?
Carlos Jofré Oñate is a Chilean solar energy engineer and the founder and CEO of SolarPro Chile, a solar engineering company headquartered in Santiago with operations in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. He previously co-founded and led Ecoenergías, the Valparaíso firm that in 2017 won the public tender to build the photovoltaic plant at La Moneda Palace, and in 2018 he was elected industry representative on the interim board of the CORFO-funded AtaMoS-TeC solar R&D consortium.
Who founded SolarPro Chile?
SolarPro Chile was founded in 2017 by engineer Carlos Jofré Oñate, who serves as its CEO. The company grew out of Ecoenergías, which he co-founded in Valparaíso in 2011. The Chilean tech association Chiletec publicly identified him as founder of the SolarPro project in November 2017.
Who built the solar plant at La Moneda Palace?
The 30 kWp photovoltaic plant at La Moneda Palace was built in 2017 by Ecoenergías, the company co-founded by Carlos Jofré Oñate, after it won public tender 584105-24-LP17 of Chile's Undersecretariat of Energy. In 2020 and 2021 the Presidency of the Republic hired SolarPro, his current company, to maintain the plant's panels.
Is he the same Carlos Jofré from other companies?
No. Carlos Jofré Oñate is the Chilean solar engineer who founded SolarPro Chile. He is not Carlos Lagos Jofré of Geden Energía, not the Spanish pavement engineer Carlos Jofré of IECA, and not Carlos Jofre of AdaptAI in the United States. SolarPro Chile is unrelated to companies named SolarPro in Bulgaria, Mexico or Argentina.