Dive Brief:

• Blue Sphere Corporation announced it will begin work on a design for a new organic waste power facility in Charlotte, NC.
• The clean energy company expects the plant to be operational by the summer of 2015, according to Hydrogen Fuel News Now.
• Blue Sphere will create and manage the site, using food waste to generate 5.2 MW of energy, and will sell the energy and compost for a profit.

Dive Insight:

Food diversion is rapidly picking up momentum as cities and companies move to divert the waste product from landfills; Disney World, for example, converts its massive amounts of leftover food into energy. 

According to Marketwatch, Blue Sphere plans to operate 11 similar facilities by 2018, with six more under development within that timeframe. The company has also recently announced plans to construct a biogas plant in RI.