Constantly the biodiesel industry is looking for some option to produce renewable resource. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha can replace or be integrated with traditional diesel. During very first half of 2000's jatropha curcas biofuel made the headlines as a very popular 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 dry regions. 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 blended with petroleum diesel. Previously it has been utilized two times with algae mix to fuel test flight of business airlines.

Another favorable technique of jatorpha seeds is that they have 37% oil content and they can be burned as a fuel without improving them. It is also used for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel say that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke free and they are successfully checked for basic diesel motor.

jatropha curcas biodiesel as Renewable resource Investment has drawn in the interest of lots of business, which have actually tested it for vehicle usage. Jatropha biodiesel has been road checked by Mercedes and three of the automobiles have covered 18,600 miles by using the jatropha plant biodiesel.

Since it is because of some disadvantages, the jatropha biodiesel have not thought about as a wonderful renewable resource. The most significant problem is that no one understands that what precisely the productivity rate of the plant is. Secondly they do not understand how large scale cultivation might affect the soil quality and the environment as a whole. The jatropha plant requires 5 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 rains of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha requires correct irrigation in the very first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent survey says that it is true that jatropha can grow on abject 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 require high quality of land and might require the very same quagmire that is faced by a lot of biofuel types.

jatropha curcas has one main downside. The seeds and leaves of jatropha curcas are harmful to humans and animals. This made the Australian government to the plant in 2006. The federal government declared the plant as intrusive species, 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 difficulties remain. The importance 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 undertaken, this is really crucial because of high yield of jatropha would most likely needed before jatropha curcas can be contributed significantly to the world. Lastly it is also really important to study about the jatropha types that can make it through in more temperature climate, as jatropha curcas is really much limited in the tropical environments.