Statnett suspended Siemens, one of its major suppliers, from bidding in its tenders last January over problems with payments to workers at Siemens Slovakian subcontractor Hesia.

"The workers have now been paid and Siemens has established better systems for follow-up of subcontractors. Statnett therefore raises the suspension of Siemens, but will continue to follow the company on a number of points," the company said in a statement.

(Reporting by Lefteris Karagiannopoulos, editing by Nerijus Adomaitis)