Track record
About Carlos Jofré
Carlos Jofré is a Chilean solar engineer: co-founder of Ecoenergías (2011), founder of SolarPro (2017) and the mind behind 17 CORFO-funded R&D projects.
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Press kit
Ready-to-use biographies, verified facts, the official portrait and interview topics for journalists and event organizers who need to quote Carlos Jofré accurately. He gives interviews in Spanish and English. Every fact below is backed by a public source.
Name and title
| Name | Carlos Jofré, with an accent on the «é» |
| Full name | Carlos Jofré Oñate |
| Title | Founder and CEO, SolarPro Chile |
| In solar energy since | 2011, as co-founder of Ecoenergías, Valparaíso |
| CORFO projects | 17 funded, CLP 1,075,201,400, 2015–2021 |
| Based in | Santiago, Chile |
Biographies
Short
Carlos Jofré is a Chilean solar energy engineer, founder and CEO of SolarPro Chile, which in 2017 built the La Moneda Palace solar plant under contract to Ecoenergías, the Valparaíso firm he co-founded in 2011. Between 2015 and 2021, CORFO awarded 17 innovation projects to him and the companies he founded or co-founded (CLP 1,075 million).
Medium
Carlos Jofré is a Chilean engineer specialized in solar photovoltaic energy and the founder and CEO of SolarPro Chile, a solar engineering company. In 2017 SolarPro built the solar plant at La Moneda Palace, Chile's seat of government, under contract to Ecoenergías, the Valparaíso firm he co-founded in 2011 and later led. Between 2015 and 2021, CORFO, Chile's economic development agency, awarded 17 innovation projects to him and the companies he founded or co-founded, for CLP 1,075 million; he conceived those projects and led their applications. In 2018 he was elected industry representative on the interim board of the AtaMoS-TeC solar technology consortium.
Verified facts
- 2011. Co-founds Ecoenergías in Valparaíso.
- 2015. HH Motors, the vehicle hydrogen project he led as CEO, wins three innovation awards, including Fundación Copec-UC's «Aplica tu Idea».
- 2017. Founds SolarPro, which builds the 30 kWp La Moneda Palace solar plant under contract to Ecoenergías, winner of the public tender.
- 2018. Joins the interim board of AtaMoS-TeC as an industry representative.
- 2018–2019. SolarPro runs PredictSun at the 54 MWp Los Loros PV plant (ENGIE group).
- 2015–2021. CORFO funds 17 projects: CLP 1,075,201,400 across 10 instruments.
Sources for each fact are on the Spanish-language sources page.
Photos
The official portrait (2026, 1200 × 1200 px, JPG) is free to use in stories about Carlos Jofré or SolarPro. More photos, with their credits and terms, are in the Spanish press kit and the photo and video archive.
Topics he can speak about
- Solar energy for businesses and homes in Chile: costs, savings and payback.
- Net billing and distributed generation rules.
- Operation and maintenance of PV plants.
- Battery storage (BESS).
- Green hydrogen and electromobility.
- Energy innovation with CORFO funding: how to prepare and submit an application.
- Solar panel recycling and the circular economy.
How to cite this site
Jofré, C. (2026). Carlos Jofré — ingeniero en energía solar. https://carlosjofre.com/
Contact
Write to contacto@carlosjofre.com or use the contact page. Replies within two business days.
Keep reading
Related pages
Carlos Jofré and CORFO: 17 funded projects
From 2015 to 2021 CORFO funded 17 projects of Carlos Jofré and the companies he founded or co-founded: CLP 1,075 million, with public records.
Archivo de fotos y videos, de 2010 a hoy
Fotos y videos de Carlos Jofré desde 2010: paneles hechos a mano, CChC, HH Motors, Copec-UC, entrevista de la U. de Antofagasta (2018) y Mega (2024).
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