Between 2015 and 2021, CORFO, Chile’s economic development agency, awarded 17 innovation projects to Carlos Jofré and to the companies he founded or co-founded — Ecoenergías, Solar Fuel, Resol and SolarPro — with a total CORFO contribution of CLP 1,075,201,400. Carlos Jofré conceived these projects and led their formulation and application, together with each company’s team.
Each bar spans the project’s execution dates in CORFO’s Digital Repository; dashed bars show only the award year. Color = company.
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Between 2015 and 2021, CORFO, Chile’s economic development agency, awarded 17 innovation projects to Carlos Jofré and to the companies he founded or co-founded — Ecoenergías, Solar Fuel, Resol and SolarPro — with a total CORFO contribution of CLP 1,075,201,400. Carlos Jofré conceived these projects and led their formulation and application, together with each company’s team.
How to verify
Three public registries, one code
Each project carries its official CORFO code. With it you can check the award, the amounts and the transfers in three public sources:
CORFO Digital Repository: the official record of every project, including seed grants and collective programs. repositoriodigital.corfo.cl
DataInnovación: InnovaChile’s database (data as of July 2026), with approved CORFO and private amounts. datainnovacion.cl
Law 19.862 registry (public-funds recipients): 16 direct transfers from CORFO totalling CLP 958,401,400. registros19862.gob.cl
Project records
The projects, one by one
Official title, CORFO code, amounts, dates and links to each public record.
Seed capital for the launch of Ecoenergías, the solar engineering company Carlos Jofré co-founded in Valparaíso, with Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María as the intermediary institution.
CORFO contribution
CLP 25,000,000
Private co-funding
CLP 8,333,333
Period
May 2015 – Apr 2021
Region
Valparaíso
Paid through the intermediary institution, so it does not appear as a direct transfer in the Law 19.862 registry.
15COTE-46252Technology Contracts for InnovationEcoenergías
BORG organic flow batteries
Official title at CORFO: «Borg, Baterías Orgánicas»
A redox-flow battery prototype based on an original organic compound, with the aim of scaling it up to an industrial prototype with a knowledge provider, focused on the sustainability, efficiency and life cycle of energy storage.
15COTE-46255Technology Contracts for InnovationSolar FuelElectrolyzer at the Prenzlau hybrid power plant, Germany. Illustrative image. Photo: Hanno Böck, CC0 1.0 (cropped and resized)
Electro-photo-sonolysis (EPS) hydrogen pilot
Official title at CORFO: «Piloto de Electro-photo-sonólisis (eps) para Producción de Energía a bajo Costo.»
A pilot to produce hydrogen and oxygen at low cost by combining electromagnetic pulses, light and sound waves, with electronic control platforms developed with an external partner. It is the founding project of Solar Fuel’s hydrogen line.
15BPE-47201Public Goods for CompetitivenessEcoenergías
Information standards for the self-supply PV market
Official title at CORFO: «Herramientas de Estandarización de Información para Fomentar la Maduración del Mercado de Plantas Fotovoltaicas de Autoabastecimiento»
A public good to reduce information asymmetries in the self-consumption solar PV market by standardising project information. A collective project in which Fundación Chile also took part.
Collective project: the Digital Repository records CLP 106,417,000 approved for the whole group; the actual CORFO contribution, which matches DataInnovación and the Law 19.862 transfer, was CLP 80,000,000.
Official title at CORFO: «Optimización Económica del Sistema Energético (oese)»
Development of a tool based on a mathematical optimization model that combines energy efficiency, renewables and the Chilean tariff system to maximize the return of clients’ energy projects.
16CS-69075Capital Semilla (seed capital)In his own name
Thermovoltaic cell (seed grant in his own name)
Official title at CORFO: «Celda Termovoltaica, para Generar Energía a Partir del Enfriamiento de Paneles Fotovoltaicos»
A seed grant awarded to Carlos Jofré as an individual to develop a thermovoltaic cell that generates power from the heat removed when cooling photovoltaic panels, the same heat that lowers their output. Intermediary: Chiletec.
CORFO contribution
CLP 25,000,000
Private co-funding
CLP 8,333,334
Period
Jun 2016 – May 2021
Region
Valparaíso
Paid through the intermediary institution, so it does not appear as a direct transfer in the Law 19.862 registry. The project began by testing the Seebeck effect —with a dismantled mini-fridge— and, when that cooling did not perform in tests, moved to a refrigerant fluid. It closed in 2018 by validating a panel-cleaning agent at the La Moneda plant: the cleaning and maintenance line with which SolarPro started its services.
16CONTEC-67379Technology Contracts for InnovationEcoenergías
Thermovoltaic-cell pilot on a 100 kWp plant
Official title at CORFO: «Piloto de Celda Termovoltaica para Generar Electricidad y Aumentar Eficiencia de Paneles Fotovoltaicos Expuestos a Alta Radiación»
A pilot of thermovoltaic cells meant to cool the panels and generate electricity on a 100 kWp PV plant, in collaboration with Universidad de Chile. The stated goal was to validate a 30% efficiency gain and a 50% or longer service life.
17VIPM-75256Innovation VoucherResolElectroluminescence of a solar cell. Illustrative image. Photo: Pablo García-Linares, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)
Electroluminescence module-inspection machine
Official title at CORFO: «Desarrollo de Prototipo de Maquina Refacción de Módulos Fotovoltaicos»
A prototype automated machine meant to inspect PV modules and detect cracks with an electroluminescence camera; the goal was to certify up to 16 modules per hour.
Official title at CORFO: «Reutilización y Valorizacion de Paneles Solares»
A seed grant to bring Resol’s service to market: recovering and re-certifying PV panels with minor damage, which were being thrown away, and putting them back on the market. Intermediary: Incuba UC (Dictuc).
CORFO contribution
CLP 25,000,000
Private co-funding
CLP 8,333,334
Period
May 2017 – Nov 2021
Region
Valparaíso
Paid through the intermediary institution, so it does not appear as a direct transfer in the Law 19.862 registry.
Official title at CORFO: «Medidores 3g/4g y Radiofrecuencia para Plantas Solares Fotovoltaicas.»
A low-cost energy metering system using 4G, 3G and radio-frequency technology for residential, commercial and industrial PV plants: the groundwork for remote plant monitoring.
18COTE-89650Technology Contracts for InnovationSolarProCerro Dominador photovoltaic plant, María Elena, Chile. Illustrative image. Photo: Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales, CC BY 2.0 (resized)
PredictSun: predictive maintenance at the Los Loros plant
Official title at CORFO: «Predictsun. Implementación de un Plan de Mantenimiento Predictivo con Detección de Fallas en la Planta Pv los Loros.»
A predictive-maintenance plan with fault detection at the Los Loros PV plant (54 MWp, Tierra Amarilla, Atacama Region), backed by software that combines electrical variables, temperature, irradiance, soiling and the probability of weather events and faults, to raise productivity and optimize maintenance costs.
Official title at CORFO: «Empaquetar, Pilotar y Validar un Laboratorio Solar Fotovoltaico Portátil para Diagnóstico, Gestión de Garantía, Reparación y Reciclado de Módulos Solares.»
Making a module-diagnosis machine prototype portable, validating it in the field and turning it into a diagnosis and warranty-management service aimed at the Los Loros PV plant.
18ITE1-103164Innovation PrototypesResolSolar panel with cracked glass, near Leh, India. Illustrative image. Photo: Kiran Jonnalagadda, CC BY-SA 2.0 (resized)
PV-module repair line
Official title at CORFO: «Prototipo de Linea de Reparación de Modulos Fotovoltaicos Extraídos por Fallas desde Plantas Generadoras»
A semi-automatic process line to electrically repair modules removed from plants because of faults. The goal was to recover at least 85% of their initial capacity and meet every technical requirement so they could be reinstalled in schools, homes and businesses.
19CVID-107332Crea y Valida (business R&D&i)SolarProSolar trackers at the Paranal-Armazones plant, Antofagasta Region, Chile. Illustrative image. Photo: ESO, CC BY 4.0 (resized)
Low-cost device for solar trackers
Official title at CORFO: «Equipo de bajo Costo para Seguidores Solares, Aumenta Generación Total de Plantas Fotovoltaicas»
Development of a product meant to be compatible with at least 80% of the solar trackers on the market, with the goal of raising total PV-plant generation by 10%.
19SEC-112172Súmate a la Economía Circular (circular economy)Resol
Energía Circular: a solar-waste platform
Official title at CORFO: «Energiacircular. Com Plataforma para la Industria Solar que Conecta Generadores que Producen Residuos, con Refaccionadores, Instaladores y Consumidores.»
A platform connecting generators of PV waste with refurbishers, installers and buyers, to accelerate a solar market for nearly-new, used and refurbished products.
CORFO contribution
CLP 16,800,000
Private co-funding
CLP 3,450,000
Period
May 2019 – Sep 2022
Region
Metropolitan
Listed in DataInnovación and in CORFO’s Digital Repository; its payment does not appear as a direct transfer in the Law 19.862 registry.
Official title at CORFO: «Internacionalización de Empresas de Eficiencia Energética a Mercados Latinoamericanos»
A collective CORFO program run by AniChile, with ASOEX as intermediary operating agent and ProChile support, to take Chilean energy-efficiency companies to Latin American markets such as Peru, Colombia and Mexico. SolarPro took part in stages 2 and 3 (19REDEXP-109726-2 and -3).
Only the advance paid directly to SolarPro (CLP 3,500,000) is counted; the collective program received a larger CORFO contribution, managed by the operating agent.
The four companies that received these grants were founded or co-founded by Carlos Jofré, who conceived their projects and led their formulation and application.
Carlos Jofré: Co-founder; legal representative in the CORFO applications; general manager (2014–2015) and board member (2018).
A solar engineering company from Valparaíso, started with students and graduates of Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. It won public tender 584105-24-LP17 for the La Moneda solar plant, built in 2017 by SolarPro under contract to Ecoenergías.
2017–2022 · Santiago · Innovarenovable SpA · RUT 76.716.953-1
Carlos Jofré: Director of Resol.
Circular economy for solar PV: electroluminescence diagnosis, repair, re-certification and reuse of solar panels. The line continues today at EcoBaterías.
2017–present · Santiago · Empresa de Servicios Solares SpA · RUT 76.729.529-4
Carlos Jofré: Founder and CEO.
A solar engineering company for homes, businesses and industry. In 2017 it built the La Moneda solar plant under contract to Ecoenergías, and maintained it in 2018, for Ecoenergías, and in 2020 and 2021, for the Presidency of the Republic.
Beyond his own companies, Carlos Jofré has prepared more than 100 funding applications since 2014 through Laboratorio Solar, for clients and for its spin-offs. Awards with his documented role: 6 CORFO projects of client companies (CLP 148,165,390), 2 of DESOL, a Laboratorio Solar spin-off (CLP 23,585,674), and 2 ANID Startup Ciencia projects (2021 and 2025).
8CORFO projects of clients and DESOL
CLP 171.8 MCORFO funding for those projects
2ANID Startup Ciencia projects
100+applications prepared since 2014
Year
Project
Instrument
CORFO
Role
2016
Floating solar for mining (engineering company)
Technology Contracts for Innovation
CLP 41,915,390
Took part in the application and led the technical execution
2018
Technology to audit outdoor advertising (start-up)
Seed Capital
CLP 25,000,000
Application written by Laboratorio Solar
2019
Low-cost solar desalinator (aquaculture company)
Huella (Start-Up Chile)
CLP 50,000,000
Application written by Laboratorio Solar
2019
Software to quantify energy savings in industrial motors
Súmate a Innovar
CLP 11,250,000
Application; Laboratorio Solar as partner entity
2020
Water recirculation for cleaning PV plants
Súmate a Innovar
CLP 10,000,000
Application managed by Laboratorio Solar
2020
Perimeter alarm for unmanned sites
Súmate a Innovar
CLP 10,000,000
Application managed by Laboratorio Solar
2018
DESOL · Low-temperature solar seawater desalination (18VIPM-92373)
Application and execution as partner entity (Laboratorio Solar), for a science-based company
Client company names are withheld for confidentiality. Each award was checked in CORFO’s Digital Repository or in DataInnovación, and the role of Carlos Jofré and Laboratorio Solar is documented in their correspondence and application files. DESOL is named because it is a Laboratorio Solar spin-off.
Consortium · 17PTECES-75830
AtaMoS-TeC: solar technology for the desert
A technology consortium led by Universidad de Antofagasta, with CEA-INES (France), ISC Konstanz (Germany) and Fraunhofer Chile, developing PV technology for the desert. Four of the companies Carlos Jofré founded or co-founded are listed among its participants, and in 2018 industry elected him to its transitional board.
CORFO committed CLP 7,800,000,000 to the program (Programa Tecnológico Estratégico, 2017). Companies listed as participants: Ecoenergías, Solar Fuel, Resol, SolarPro. It is a consortium grant, so it is not added to the totals above.
In May 2017, in the two weeks before the proposal —prepared by SERC Chile, with the University of Antofagasta as beneficiary— was submitted, Carlos Jofré worked with SERC’s team to bring industry on board: he gathered commitment letters from fourteen SMEs and technology start-ups as associate companies and proposed projects from his companies for the work packages. After CORFO’s approval he coordinated that group of companies in the initial stage, and in 2018 industry unanimously elected him one of its three representatives on the transitional board.
Total program cost under the CORFO agreement: CLP 13,748,191,580.
Automatic soiling sensor at a photovoltaic plant. Illustrative image. Photo: SerkanEmr, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)
Method and sources
How these figures were built
Amounts in nominal Chilean pesos. «CORFO contribution» is the awarded amount per DataInnovación (InnovaChile database, data as of July 2026) and the actual CORFO cost field of CORFO’s Digital Repository.
Transfer dates are the decree dates published by the Law 19.862 registry, not necessarily the day of payment.
Seed grants (Capital Semilla and Semilla Expande) are paid through an intermediary institution, so they are not direct transfers to the company.
For Red Mercados only the advance paid directly to SolarPro is counted; the collective program received a larger CORFO contribution, managed by the operating agent.
Each project’s targets (for example +10% generation or 85% recovery) are the objectives stated in the application, not measured results.
«Year» is the award year in DataInnovación; for projects not in DataInnovación (Capital Semilla, Semilla Expande and Red Mercados) it is the call or committee year recorded in the Digital Repository.
Open data
Download the dataset: CSV · JSON (CC BY 4.0). Checked on 2026-09-26.
How many CORFO grants have Carlos Jofré and his companies won?
Between 2015 and 2021, CORFO awarded 17 projects to Carlos Jofré and to the companies he founded or co-founded (Ecoenergías, Solar Fuel, Resol and SolarPro), with a total CORFO contribution of CLP 1,075,201,400 and a total investment of CLP 1,514,237,184 including private co-funding. One of them, seed grant 16CS-69075, is in his own name.
What was Carlos Jofré’s role in these projects?
He conceived the projects and led their formulation and application, together with each company’s team. At Ecoenergías he was also the legal representative in the CORFO applications.
How can each project be verified?
Every project code can be looked up in CORFO’s Digital Repository; the 12 InnovaChile projects also appear in DataInnovación, and 16 direct transfers totalling CLP 958,401,400 are listed in the Law 19.862 public-funds registry.
Which were the largest projects?
BORG organic flow batteries (15COTE-46252): CLP 200,000,000; Thermovoltaic-cell pilot on a 100 kWp plant (16CONTEC-67379): CLP 200,000,000; Electro-photo-sonolysis (EPS) hydrogen pilot (15COTE-46255): CLP 199,999,000.
Which CORFO instruments do these projects cover?
10 different instruments: Capital Semilla (seed capital), Technology Contracts for Innovation, Public Goods for Competitiveness, Innovation Voucher, Regional Innovation Prototypes, Innovation Prototypes, Crea y Valida (business R&D&i), Semilla Expande (seed scale-up), Súmate a la Economía Circular (circular economy), Red Mercados (market networks).
Does Carlos Jofré help other companies apply to CORFO?
Yes. Through Laboratorio Solar he has prepared more than 100 applications since 2014; awards with his documented role include six CORFO projects of client companies (CLP 148 million), two of DESOL, a Laboratorio Solar spin-off (CLP 23.6 million), and two ANID Startup Ciencia projects. He advises companies on energy-innovation projects for CORFO: choice of instrument, technical write-up, budget and pitch. Fees start at CLP 1,000,000 plus 10% of the capital raised. No one can guarantee an award: CORFO decides.
Have an energy project that could qualify for CORFO?
Carlos helps companies choose the instrument, write the project and prepare the pitch.
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