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

Jatropha Curcas is a non edible plant that grows in the deserts. 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 twice with algae mix to sustain test flight of industrial airline companies.

Another positive approach of jatorpha seeds is that they have 37% oil material and they can be burned as a fuel without refining them. It is likewise utilized for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha curcas biodiesel say that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke free and they are effectively checked for simple diesel engines.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable Energy Investment has attracted the interest of many companies, which have actually tested it for vehicle usage. Jatropha biodiesel has been road tested by Mercedes and 3 of the cars and trucks have actually covered 18,600 miles by utilizing the jatropha curcas plant biodiesel.

Since it is due to the fact that of some downsides, the jatropha biodiesel have ruled out as a fantastic renewable energy. The biggest issue is that no one understands that exactly what the productivity rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't know how large scale cultivation might impact the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha curcas plant requires 5 times more water per energy than corn and sugarcane. This raises another issue. On the other hand it is to be noted that jatropha can grow on tropical environments with yearly rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha needs correct watering in the first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

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

jatropha curcas has one main downside. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are harmful to people and . This made the Australian federal government to ban the plant in 2006. The government declared the plant as invasive types, and too dangerous for western Australian agriculture and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are number of research obstacles stay. The value of detoxification needs to be studied since of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a systematic research study of the oil yield have actually to be undertaken, this is really crucial since of high yield of jatropha would most likely required before jatropha can be contributed significantly to the world. Lastly it is likewise very essential to study about the jatropha curcas types that can endure in more temperature environment, as jatropha is extremely much limited in the tropical environments.