Jatropha – Bio Energy Crop

Jatropha is the plant with numerous possible benefits. As the fossil fuels are decreasing quickly and the co2 emission given off from it contaminates the environment, the world is working towards an alternative fuel to conquer it.

The Jatropha curcas is the plant which can grow in semi desert, little care is enough for its growth. It grows both in topical and sub tropical region. The jatropha seed contains 35 percent oil material in it. The oil from jatropha can be utilized as biodiesel blend as much as 20% without refining. The oil burns with clear smoke-free flame, and was evaluated successfully as a fuel for basic diesel motor. It is not a since the oil is non-edible. The oil is used as a conventional medicine disinfectant and to cure illness like cancer, stacks, snakebite, paralysis dropsy etc. The seed oil is also used for lighting and in soap preparation. It is rarely used as a live fence in preventing crops from animals and it sometimes used as residential or commercial property separation. It decreases the soil disintegration.

The optimum growing conditions for the Jatropha plant ranges from 1000 to1500 mm yearly rains, with temperature levels of 20 to 28 C. The soil must be free draining with no water logging. But appropriate water and nutrition is a should for high yield. The jatropha is simple to grow and it can bear the seeds within a year of planting. It provides oxygen for the world and it can grow even in bad soil. It can not hold up against frost.

The Jatropha Electrification is establishing in many countries. Mali is considered to be one of the poorest nations on the planet. At Mali, Garalo Jatropha Producers’ Cooperative (CPP) and the power company ACCESS are the main institutions establishing jatropha cultivation. The personal power company ACCESS is generates and does electrical power sales. Currently 247 households are linked to the micro grid after a payment of $30 as a contribution to the connection costs. Likewise in India, the Rural Electricity Supply Technology (REST) objective of the Ministry of Power (MOP) preparation to produce power for all by 2012. The small scale power generation tasks were developed in Chattisgarh, India. It is being run by Winrock International in the Kabir Dham district. This small power system offers 24-hour power supply at the very inexpensive cost of 50 cents per light bulb to bad villagers. It is 17.5 KW capacity power plant runs on raw jatropha seed oil.Jatropha is an appealing crop for rural development. The jatropha oil lights up rural locations with electrical energy. The jatropha planting on the wastelands has the capability to offer 50-60% of the India’s fuel requirements.

The Jatropha curcas plantation in 1 hectare lowers 20 lots of co2 annually. The largest jatropha producing country in Asia will be Indonesia and India. In Africa, Ghana and Madagascar will be the largest manufacturers. Brazil will be the biggest producer in Latin America. The plantation is a labor extensive procedure thus it creates job for lots of bad rural people. Above all Jatropha can be used as a Renewable Energy.