Constantly the biodiesel industry is trying to find some option to produce sustainable energy. Biodiesel prepared from canola, sunflower and jatropha can replace or be integrated with traditional diesel. During very first half of 2000's jatropha biofuel made the headlines as an incredibly popular and appealing option. 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 really rapidly and it can yield seeds for about 50 years. The oil got from its seeds can be utilized 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 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 utilized for medical purpose. Supporters of jatropha biodiesel state that the flames of jatropha oil are smoke complimentary and they are successfully checked for easy diesel engines.

Jatropha biodiesel as Renewable Energy Investment has actually brought in the interest of many business, which have evaluated it for automobile use. Jatropha biodiesel has actually been roadway tested by Mercedes and three of the automobiles have 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 not considered as a fantastic renewable resource. The greatest problem is that nobody understands that just what the performance rate of the plant is. Secondly they do not understand how large scale cultivation might impact 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 issue. On the other hand it is to be noted that jatropha can grow on tropical environments with yearly rainfall of about 1000 to 1500 mm. A thing to be noted is that jatropha needs appropriate watering in the first year of its plantation which lasts for years.

Recent survey says that it is real 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 may be proportional to the quality of the soil. In such a case it may need high quality of land and may require the same quagmire that is dealt with by most biofuel types.

Jatropha has one main disadvantage. The seeds and leaves of jatropha are hazardous to humans and animals. This made the Australian government to ban the plant in 2006. The government stated the plant as intrusive species, and too risky for western Australian agriculture and the environment here (DAFWQ 2006).

While jatropha has stimulating budding, there are variety of research challenges remain. The significance of cleansing needs to be studied since of the toxicity of the plant. Along side an organized study of the oil yield need to be carried out, this is extremely essential due to the fact that of high yield of jatropha would most likely required before jatropha can be contributed considerably to the world. Lastly it is likewise extremely essential to study about the jatropha species that can endure in more temperature environment, as jatropha is extremely much restricted in the tropical climates.