Constantly the biodiesel industry is trying to find some option to produce renewable resource. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha curcas can replace or be integrated with traditional 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 types 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 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 combination to sustain test flight of airlines.

Another positive technique 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 function. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel state that the flames of jatropha curcas oil are smoke complimentary and they are successfully evaluated for easy diesel motor.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable resource Investment has brought in the interest of lots of companies, which have evaluated it for vehicle usage. Jatropha biodiesel has been roadway tested by Mercedes and three of the vehicles have actually covered 18,600 miles by utilizing the jatropha plant biodiesel.

Since it is due to the fact that of some drawbacks, the jatropha biodiesel have actually ruled out as a fantastic renewable resource. The biggest problem is that nobody understands that exactly what the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they don't know how big scale growing might affect 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 issue. On the other hand it is to be kept in mind that jatropha curcas can grow on tropical environments with yearly rainfall of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha requires appropriate watering in the first year of its plantation which lasts for decades.

Recent survey says that it is real that jatropha curcas can grow on degraded land with little water and bad 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 need high quality of land and may require the same quagmire that is faced by the majority of biofuel types.

Jatropha has one primary downside. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are toxic to human beings and animals. This made the Australian federal government to prohibit the plant in 2006. The government declared the plant as invasive species, and too risky for western Australian farming and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha has promoting budding, there are number of research difficulties remain. The value of detoxification needs to be studied because of the toxicity of the plant. Along side a systematic research study of the oil yield have to be out, this is extremely important since of high yield of jatropha would probably needed before jatropha can be contributed substantially to the world. Lastly it is likewise very crucial to study about the jatropha types that can survive in more temperature level climate, as jatropha is really much limited in the tropical environments.