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

Jatropha Curcas is a non edible plant that grows in the dry areas. The plant grows extremely 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 mixed with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been utilized two times with algae mix to sustain test flight of airlines.

Another favorable method of jatorpha seeds is that they have 37% oil material and they can be burned as a fuel without fine-tuning them. It is also utilized for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel state that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke free and they are effectively tested for simple diesel engines.

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

Since it is because of some drawbacks, the jatropha curcas biodiesel have ruled out as a wonderful renewable energy. The most significant issue is that nobody understands that what precisely the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't understand how big scale growing might affect 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 issue. On the other hand it is to be kept in mind that jatropha can grow on tropical environments with annual rainfall of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be kept in mind is that jatropha requires appropriate irrigation in the very first year of its plantation which lasts for decades.

Recent survey states that it is true that jatropha can grow on degraded land with little water and bad nutrition. But there is no proof 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 may require the same quagmire that is dealt with by most .

Jatropha has one main downside. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are harmful to humans and animals. This made the Australian government to prohibit the plant in 2006. The federal 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 difficulties stay. The importance of detoxification needs to be studied due to the fact that of the toxicity of the plant. Along side an organized study of the oil yield need to be undertaken, this is really crucial since of high yield of jatropha would probably required before jatropha curcas can be contributed considerably to the world. Lastly it is also very crucial to study about the jatropha curcas species that can make it through in more temperature environment, as jatropha is quite limited in the tropical climates.