Constantly the biodiesel market is trying to find some option to produce eco-friendly energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha can replace or be integrated with conventional diesel. During very first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headlines as a preferred 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 deserts. The plant grows extremely rapidly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil obtained from its seeds can be used as a biofuel. This can be blended with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been utilized two times with algae mix to fuel test flight of airlines.

Another favorable approach of jatorpha seeds is that they have 37% oil material and they can be burned as a fuel without refining them. It is also utilized for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel state that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke totally free and they are effectively tested for basic diesel motor.

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

Since it is due to the fact that of some downsides, the jatropha curcas biodiesel have actually ruled out as a wonderful eco-friendly energy. The most significant issue is that nobody knows that what exactly the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't know how big 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 can grow on tropical climates with yearly rainfall of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be kept in mind is that jatropha needs proper irrigation in the first year of its plantation which lasts for decades.

Recent study states that it is real that jatropha can grow on abject 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 might need high quality of land and might require the same quagmire that is dealt with by most biofuel types.

Jatropha has one main downside. The seeds and leaves of jatropha curcas are hazardous to people and livestock. This made the Australian federal government to ban the plant in 2006. The federal government declared the plant as intrusive species, and too dangerous for western Australian farming and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are variety of research challenges remain. The significance of detoxification needs to be studied due to the fact that of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a methodical research study of the oil yield need to be carried out, this is really crucial since of high yield of jatropha would probably needed before jatropha can be contributed substantially to the world. Lastly it is also very essential to study about the jatropha curcas species that can make it through in more temperature climate, as jatropha is quite limited in the tropical climates.