Constantly the biodiesel industry is trying to find some alternative to produce renewable resource. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha can replace or be combined with conventional diesel. During first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headlines as a preferred and appealing option. It is prepared from jatropha curcas, a plant types native to Central America that can be grown on wasteland.

Jatropha Curcas is a non edible plant that grows in the deserts. The plant grows really quickly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil received from its seeds can be used as a biofuel. This can be combined with petroleum diesel. Previously it has actually been utilized two times with algae mix to fuel test flight of industrial airline companies.

Another positive approach 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 used for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha curcas biodiesel say that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke free and they are successfully evaluated for basic diesel engines.

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

Since it is because of some drawbacks, the jatropha biodiesel have actually not considered as a wonderful renewable resource. The greatest issue is that nobody understands that what exactly the 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 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 kept in mind that jatropha curcas can grow on tropical environments with annual rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be kept in mind is that jatropha needs appropriate watering in the first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent study states that it holds true that jatropha curcas 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 dealt with by the majority of biofuel types.

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

While jatropha has promoting budding, there are number of research obstacles remain. The value of detoxification has to be studied since of the toxicity of the plant. Along side an organized study of the oil yield need to be undertaken, this is extremely important since of high yield of jatropha would probably needed before jatropha can be contributed significantly to the world. Lastly it is also very crucial to study about the jatropha types that can endure in more temperature environment, as jatropha is quite limited in the tropical climates.