Constantly the biodiesel market is looking for some option to produce eco-friendly energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha curcas can change or be combined with conventional diesel. During very first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headlines as a popular and appealing 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 dry regions. The plant grows very quickly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil obtained from its seeds can be used as a biofuel. This can be combined with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been utilized two times with algae combination to fuel test flight of business airline companies.

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

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable Energy Investment has actually drawn in the interest of numerous business, which have checked it for vehicle usage. Jatropha biodiesel has been road tested by Mercedes and 3 of the vehicles have actually covered 18,600 miles by utilizing the jatropha plant biodiesel.

Since it is due to the fact that of some disadvantages, the jatropha biodiesel have actually not considered as a fantastic renewable resource. The most significant problem is that nobody understands that what exactly the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they do not know how large scale cultivation may affect the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The plant needs 5 times more water per energy than corn and sugarcane. This raises another concern. On the other hand it is to be kept in mind that jatropha curcas can grow on tropical environments with annual rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha requires proper irrigation in the first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent survey says that it is real 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 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 many biofuel types.

Jatropha has one primary disadvantage. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are hazardous to people and livestock. This made the Australian government to prohibit the plant in 2006. The government stated the plant as invasive species, and too dangerous for western Australian agriculture and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are variety of research study obstacles remain. The importance of detoxing has actually to be studied since of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a methodical study of the oil yield have actually to be undertaken, this is really crucial due to the fact that of high yield of jatropha would probably needed before jatropha curcas can be contributed considerably to the world. Lastly it is also really important to study about the jatropha curcas types that can survive in more temperature level environment, as jatropha is very much limited in the tropical climates.