Constantly the biodiesel market is looking for some alternative to produce renewable energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha curcas can replace or be combined with conventional 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 belonging to Central America that can be grown on wasteland.

Jatropha Curcas is a non edible plant that grows in the dry regions. The plant grows really rapidly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil received from its seeds can be used as a biofuel. This can be blended with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been used twice with algae mix to fuel test flight of industrial airline companies.

Another positive technique of jatorpha 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 function. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel say that the flames of jatropha curcas oil are smoke complimentary and they are successfully checked for basic diesel engines.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable resource Investment has actually attracted the interest of many companies, which have actually tested it for automotive usage. Jatropha biodiesel has actually been roadway evaluated by Mercedes and three of the vehicles have covered 18,600 miles by using the jatropha plant biodiesel.

Since it is due to the fact that of some drawbacks, the jatropha biodiesel have actually ruled out as a terrific sustainable energy. The greatest issue is that no one knows that what precisely the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they do not understand how large scale cultivation might affect the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha plant needs 5 times more water per energy than corn and sugarcane. This raises another problem. On the other hand it is to be noted that jatropha can grow on tropical environments with annual rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha needs appropriate watering in the first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

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

Jatropha has one main drawback. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are toxic to people and livestock. This made the Australian government to ban the plant in 2006. The federal government stated the plant as intrusive types, and too risky for western Australian agriculture and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are number of research challenges remain. The value of detoxification has actually to be studied because of the toxicity of the plant. Along side an organized research study of the oil yield need to be undertaken, this is really important since of high yield of jatropha curcas would most likely needed before jatropha curcas can be contributed substantially to the world. Lastly it is likewise very important to study about the jatropha curcas species that can make it through in more temperature climate, as jatropha curcas is extremely much restricted in the tropical environments.