Lithuania's strategy for gaining greater energy independence from Russia has been dealt a setback, when the only bidder to build a nuclear power plant withdrew its offer.
On December 3, Lithuania's government said that South Korea's KEPCO had dropped out of the tender, wrecking the Baltic country's ambition to become a regional supplier of electricity.
Lithuania closed a Soviet-era nuclear plant at the end of 2009. It aims to build a new plant at the same site with the involvement of a foreign company as well Poland, Latvia, and Estonia.
compiled from agency reports
On December 3, Lithuania's government said that South Korea's KEPCO had dropped out of the tender, wrecking the Baltic country's ambition to become a regional supplier of electricity.
Lithuania closed a Soviet-era nuclear plant at the end of 2009. It aims to build a new plant at the same site with the involvement of a foreign company as well Poland, Latvia, and Estonia.
compiled from agency reports
