Constantly the biodiesel market is searching for some option to produce renewable resource. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha can change or be combined with traditional diesel. During very first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headings as an incredibly popular and promising alternative. 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 deserts. The plant grows extremely 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 been used twice with algae combination to sustain test flight of airlines.

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 used for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha curcas biodiesel say that the flames of jatropha curcas oil are smoke complimentary and they are successfully checked for simple diesel engines.

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

Since it is since of some drawbacks, the jatropha biodiesel have not considered as a eco-friendly energy. The biggest issue is that nobody understands that what precisely the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't know how big scale growing may affect the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha plant needs 5 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 can grow on tropical environments with yearly rainfall of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be kept in mind is that jatropha curcas needs correct watering in the very first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent study states that it holds 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 might be proportional to the quality of the soil. In such a case it might need high quality of land and might need the very same quagmire that is dealt with by the majority of biofuel types.

Jatropha has one primary drawback. The seeds and leaves of jatropha curcas are hazardous to people and animals. This made the Australian government to prohibit the plant in 2006. The federal government declared the plant as invasive 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 importance of cleansing needs to be studied because of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a systematic study of the oil yield need to be undertaken, this is really essential because of high yield of jatropha would most likely required before jatropha can be contributed considerably to the world. Lastly it is also really crucial to study about the jatropha curcas species that can endure in more temperature level climate, as jatropha curcas is quite limited in the tropical climates.