Constantly the biodiesel industry is trying to find some alternative to produce sustainable energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha can change or be combined with standard diesel. During first half of 2000's jatropha curcas biofuel made the headings as a very popular 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 dry areas. 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 sustain test flight of industrial airline companies.

Another positive method 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 curcas oil are smoke free and they are successfully evaluated for basic diesel motor.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable Energy Investment has drawn in the interest of lots of companies, which have checked it for automobile usage. Jatropha biodiesel has actually been road evaluated by Mercedes and 3 of the cars have covered 18,600 miles by utilizing the jatropha curcas plant biodiesel.

Since it is because of some drawbacks, the jatropha biodiesel have actually ruled out as a terrific renewable resource. The greatest problem is that nobody knows that exactly what the efficiency rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't understand 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 concern. On the other hand it is to be noted 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 needs appropriate watering in the very first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent study states that it is true that jatropha can grow on degraded land with little water and poor 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 might need the same quagmire that is faced by a lot of biofuel types.

Jatropha has one primary drawback. 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 declared the plant as intrusive types, and too risky for western Australian farming and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha curcas has stimulating budding, there are number of research study challenges remain. The significance of cleansing needs to be studied because of the toxicity of the plant. Along side an organized study of the oil yield need to be carried out, this is really crucial since of high yield of would most likely needed before jatropha can be contributed considerably to the world. Lastly it is also very essential to study about the jatropha species that can make it through in more temperature climate, as jatropha is very much restricted in the tropical climates.