ThispaperdealswithH∞controlofa5th-ordermodelofsynchronousgenerators.First,byusingthemethodofexactlinearization,wetransformthe5th-ordermodelintoalinearone.Thenweassignthepoleofthelinearizedmodelintheopenlefthalfplane.Finally,weapplythedesignmethodoflinearH∞controltogetastatefeedbackcontroller.