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 headings as a preferred and appealing option. 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 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 actually been utilized twice with algae mix to fuel test flight of industrial airline companies.

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 utilized for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel state that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke complimentary and they are effectively checked for basic diesel motor.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable Energy Investment has actually attracted the interest of many business, which have actually evaluated it for automotive use. jatropha curcas biodiesel has been roadway evaluated by Mercedes and three of the cars and trucks have actually covered 18,600 miles by using the jatropha curcas plant biodiesel.

Since it is because of some downsides, the jatropha biodiesel have ruled out as a terrific sustainable energy. The biggest problem is that nobody knows that exactly what the productivity rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't know how large scale cultivation may impact the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha curcas plant needs five 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 annual rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha requires proper watering in the first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

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

Jatropha has one main downside. The seeds and leaves of jatropha curcas are hazardous to human beings and livestock. This made the Australian government to ban the plant in 2006. The federal 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 difficulties remain. The value of detoxification needs to be studied since of the toxicity of the plant. Along side an organized study of the oil yield need to be carried out, this is very essential due to the fact that of high yield of jatropha curcas would most likely required before jatropha can be contributed significantly to the world. Lastly it is also really essential to study about the jatropha types that can make it through in more temperature environment, as jatropha curcas is quite restricted in the tropical climates.