Constantly the biodiesel industry is looking for some alternative to produce sustainable energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha curcas can replace or be combined with standard diesel. During first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headings as a preferred and appealing option. It is prepared from jatropha curcas, a plant species native to Central America that can be grown on wasteland.

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

Another favorable technique of jatorpha seeds is that they have 37% oil content and they can be burned as a fuel without improving them. It is also used for medical purpose. Supporters of say that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke free and they are successfully tested for simple diesel engines.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable Energy Investment has drawn in the interest of numerous companies, which have actually evaluated it for automobile usage. Jatropha biodiesel has been road evaluated by Mercedes and 3 of the cars have actually 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 ruled out as a fantastic renewable resource. The biggest problem is that no one knows that what exactly the productivity rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't understand how large scale cultivation may impact the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha plant needs five times more water per energy than corn and sugarcane. This raises another problem. On the other hand it is to be kept in mind that jatropha curcas can grow on tropical environments with yearly rainfall of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha needs correct irrigation in the very first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent study states that it is real that jatropha curcas can grow on degraded land with little water and poor nutrition. But there is no evidence for the yield to be high. This might be proportional to the quality of the soil. In such a case it might require high quality of land and may need the very same quagmire that is faced by the majority of biofuel types.

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

While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are variety of research difficulties remain. The importance of detoxing needs to be studied since of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a methodical research study of the oil yield need to be carried out, this is very important due to the fact that of high yield of jatropha would most likely required before jatropha curcas can be contributed considerably to the world. Lastly it is likewise very crucial to study about the jatropha types that can endure in more temperature climate, as jatropha is very much limited in the tropical environments.