freEner-g founder and CEO Gerardo Ruiz was featured on the KARE 11 television program "Showcase Minnesota". During the interview Gerardo discussed solar energy and the freEner-g pilot project with host Rob Hudson. Click the link below to see the interview on the Showcase Minnesota website. Click to see the interview
"The less oil and gas we import and the more of our own energy we can generate through efficiency and alternatives, the faster our economy will grow. To that end, a few promising developments surfaced this week..." Click to see article
Gerardo appeared on Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak's "Meet the Mayor" program to talk about freEner-g, green jobs, and alternative energy in Minnesota. Mayor Rybak interviews several business leaders representing various aspects of the Minnesota economy during the program (Gerardo is on starting at 17 minutes and 45 seconds into the video). Click to see the "Meet the Mayor" webcast
Gerardo sat down with Eleanor Mondale and Susie Jones on the Mondale and Jones Show on WCCO Radio (AM 830) and spent a few minutes discussing solar energy and the freEner-g solar leasing program. Click the link below to listen to the conversation. Click to download the interview (MP3)
The AM 950 radio show, Radio Cafe with Cathy Hauser, was at the 2008 Minnesota State Fair to broadcast their program. Guests on the show were Minnesota state representative Rick Hansen and our own Gerardo Ruiz. Together they talked about the freEner-g solar leasing project, legislation for environmental change, and other environmental issues faced by Minnesotans. Click to download the interview (MP3)
"freEner-g, a residential solar leasing company, is seeking homeowners in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area for a new solar energy program.
The new program is based on a leasing, installation and service package for a monthly fee and will allow residents to lease solar-generated electricity for the first time..." Click to see article
"It looks like Citizenre, the pie-in-sky solar-as-service provider that aspires to 'silicon to service' vertical integration, now has some competition in the world of residential solar renters. Out of Minnesota comes another solar-as-service residential provider - Freener-g, which was just awarded $1.49 million from Xcel Energy as part of the utility's renewable development fund..." Click to see article
"Gerardo Ruiz is starting up a company called freener-g (pronounced Free Energy). The plan is to help homeowners avoid the cost of buying and installing solar panels by instead leasing equipment to customers for a monthly fee, which would replace their normal home electric bill..." Click to see article
"Israel's SolarEdge grabs $11.8 million in VC funding, Standard Renewable Energy invests $1.2 million in Trulite shares, International Battery gets $25 million and Xcel Energy awards $23 million in renewable-energy grants..." Click to see article
"Twenty-two proposed renewable energy projects featuring wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and biofuel technologies have been selected to receive nearly $23 million from the Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) Renewable Development Fund..." Click to see article
