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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Generators don’t just push electrons down the wire like water down the hose, they cause electrons to move back and force roughly on a same spot, kind of like metalheads rocking back and forth ta metal show. When you wanna headbang at the show, you gotta be at sync with all the other headbangers. Same with generator, it needs to be in sync with all the other generators in order to contribute power to the grid

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