Constantly the biodiesel market is trying to find some option to produce eco-friendly energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha can change or be integrated with conventional diesel. During first half of 2000's jatropha curcas biofuel made the headlines 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 arid regions. The plant grows really quickly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil got from its seeds can be used as a biofuel. This can be blended with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been used twice with algae combination to flight of industrial airlines.

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

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable Energy Investment has actually drawn in the interest of numerous business, which have tested it for automotive use. Jatropha biodiesel has actually been roadway checked by Mercedes and three of the cars and trucks have actually covered 18,600 miles by utilizing the jatropha plant biodiesel.

Since it is since of some disadvantages, the jatropha biodiesel have actually ruled out as a fantastic sustainable energy. The greatest problem is that no one understands that what exactly the efficiency rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't know how large scale growing 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 noted that jatropha curcas can grow on tropical climates with annual rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha curcas requires proper irrigation in the very first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent study says that it is real that jatropha can grow on degraded land with little water and bad 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 might need high quality of land and may need the exact same quagmire that is faced by a lot of biofuel types.

Jatropha has one primary disadvantage. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are poisonous to people and livestock. This made the Australian federal government to prohibit the plant in 2006. The federal government declared the plant as intrusive types, and too risky for western Australian agriculture and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha curcas has promoting budding, there are number of research challenges remain. The value of cleansing has to be studied because of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a systematic research study of the oil yield have to be carried out, this is very essential since of high yield of jatropha would most likely required before jatropha can be contributed considerably to the world. Lastly it is also very important to study about the jatropha species that can endure in more temperature level climate, as jatropha is quite restricted in the tropical environments.