Eli5: Why do you have to synchronize a generator in a complex process?

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Why can’t you just bring it to the desired rpm if you start it as motor and then slowly add torque to the shaft of the motor, so that the motor will turn into a generator and it will start to generate power.

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Synchronized generators are like two cars next to each other on the highway, driving at the same speed in the same direction. Connecting unsynchronized generators is like a head on collision.

If the generator and grid are the same frequency but out of phase, it’s like short circuiting both the grid and the generator, huge amounts of current flow and cause damage.

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