Eli5: How do synchronous condensers and STATCOMs each work on a basic level? I get the why we want them on the electrical grid, but stuck on the how they each work internally.

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I could ask this over in r/engineers but I’m a dumb mechanical playing in the electrical world and really need a more straight forward answer in words I or any other layman can understand. I’ve had a long day and scholarly articles and and NERC/FERC documents are just confusing me and putting me to sleep. None of my immediate co-works know either, already asked them.

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