Smart Grid Technology: A Global Approach to Its Challenges [From the Editor]

In this issue's theme, a global outlook on smart grid technology, there are six feature articles representing a potpourri of thoughts and approaches to the myriad of opportunities and challenges that our industry and technology faces or may face as we move further into the development of the grid(s) of the future. The smart grid is global, and that is reflected in the origins of the articles you will be reading. A brief introduction to the articles, in the order of their appearance, is provided.