Constantly the biodiesel industry is looking for some option to produce eco-friendly energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha curcas can replace or be combined with traditional diesel. During first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headlines as a popular and promising alternative. It is prepared from jatropha curcas, a plant types native to Central America that can be grown on wasteland.

Jatropha Curcas is a non edible plant that grows in the dry areas. The plant grows very quickly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil obtained from its seeds can be utilized as a biofuel. This can be combined with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been used two times with algae combination to fuel test flight of airlines.

Another positive method of seeds is that they have 37% oil content and they can be burned as a fuel without improving them. It is likewise used for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel say that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke totally free and they are successfully checked for easy diesel engines.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable Energy Investment has drawn in the interest of many companies, which have actually evaluated it for automobile use. jatropha curcas biodiesel has been roadway evaluated by Mercedes and three of the cars have covered 18,600 miles by utilizing the jatropha curcas plant biodiesel.

Since it is due to the fact that of some downsides, the jatropha curcas biodiesel have not thought about as a wonderful renewable resource. The greatest issue is that no one knows that exactly what the productivity rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't know how big scale cultivation may affect the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha plant requires 5 times more water per energy than corn and sugarcane. This raises another concern. On the other hand it is to be kept in mind that jatropha can grow on tropical environments with yearly rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be kept in mind is that jatropha curcas requires proper watering in the very first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent study states that it is true that jatropha can grow on abject land with little water and poor nutrition. But there is no proof for the yield to be high. This may be proportional to the quality of the soil. In such a case it might require high quality of land and may need the exact same quagmire that is dealt with by most biofuel types.

jatropha curcas has one main disadvantage. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are poisonous to human beings and animals. This made the Australian federal government to prohibit the plant in 2006. The government stated the plant as intrusive species, and too dangerous for western Australian agriculture and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are number of research challenges remain. The importance of detoxing has to be studied since of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a methodical study of the oil yield need to be undertaken, this is really essential due to the fact that of high yield of jatropha would most likely needed before jatropha can be contributed substantially to the world. Lastly it is also really essential to study about the jatropha curcas species that can survive in more temperature climate, as jatropha is very much limited in the tropical climates.