Chinese banks have a big interest in financing green energy initiatives for their ancient enemy's desperate need for green energy when China itself is suffocating on poisoned land and water from its own development?
Anything is possible but just maybe South Korea has its own interests in mind:
One interesting project involved converting sewage to fuel and/or fertilizer that may have been killed by technical glitches. There are no gravestones but no progress reports either.
I must shamefully report that my eyes get overly tired reading government reports on how swell they are doing so I am forced to make things up.
My guess is that there was a reason BFRE suddenly chose Korea for a new initiative. While South Korea is no economic powerhouse, it is rather well situated to do for itself compared to others - and has far more reason than most to do so.