Many power plant operations and components can negatively impact the environment. Such releases are usually related to poor operation, equipment malfunction, or plant inefficiencies. These challenges can lead to negative environmental effects, health hazards, and/or government agency imposed penalties. Understanding environmentally sensitive operations is an important part of minimizing negative impacts.

The Environmentally Sensitive Operations training course discusses a power plant's potential environmental impacts. It describes methods to minimize those impacts. This online course covers:

• Relationship between efficiency and environmental impact
• Types of environmental impacts
• Boiler operation emissions
• Reducing boiler flue gas emissions

This course is part of the Efficiency, Reliability, and Environmentally Sensitive Operations training series.