National Grid has launched a new market mechanism to connect electricity infrastructure projects with suppliers delivering biodiversity and habitat restoration.
As National Grid embarks on The Great Grid Upgrade, the largest overhaul of the electricity grid in generations, it will work with suppliers to help meet its environmental and biodiversity commitments.
The launch of the new Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market (QUDM) scheme will see pre-qualified suppliers deliver nature-based solutions at scale as major infrastructure projects are delivered.
Creating a marketplace for nature restoration projects means that National Grid will be able to meet its environmental commitments, including achieving a minimum of 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) on all new projects requiring planning permission. The 10% BNG means that a project must leave habitats in a measurably better condition than before construction.
As an example, a previous BNG delivery in 2025 saw a farmfield site near the Little Horsted...