Constantly the biodiesel market is looking for some alternative to produce renewable resource. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha can replace or be combined with standard diesel. During first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headlines as a really popular and promising 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 really rapidly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil received from its seeds can be utilized as a biofuel. This can be blended with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been used two times with algae mix to sustain test flight of industrial airline companies.

Another positive method of 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 jatropha biodiesel say that the flames of jatropha curcas oil are smoke free and they are effectively checked for basic diesel motor.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable resource Investment has actually brought in the interest of lots of companies, which have checked it for automobile use. Jatropha biodiesel has been road checked by Mercedes and three of the automobiles have covered 18,600 miles by utilizing the jatropha curcas plant biodiesel.

Since it is due to the fact that of some drawbacks, the jatropha biodiesel have not thought about as a terrific renewable resource. The greatest issue is that nobody knows that what exactly the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they do not understand how large scale cultivation may impact the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha plant requires five 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 climates with yearly rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha curcas needs proper irrigation in the very first year of its plantation which lasts for decades.

Recent study states that it holds true 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 may need high quality of land and may require the exact same quagmire that is faced by most biofuel types.

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

While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are number of research study difficulties remain. The importance of detoxification has to be studied due to the fact that of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a systematic research study of the oil yield need to be carried out, this is really essential since of high yield of jatropha curcas would probably required before jatropha can be contributed significantly to the world. Lastly it is also extremely important to study about the jatropha types that can survive in more temperature environment, as jatropha is extremely much limited in the tropical climates.