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Reactive power
Must be supplied to most types of magnetic equipment, such as motors and transformers, and causes reactive losses on transmission facilities. Reactive power is provided by generators, synchronous condensers or electrostatic equipment such as capacitors and directly influences the electric system voltage. The reactive power is the imaginary part of the complex product of voltage and current.
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