We’ve just released the latest upgrade to New Energy Terminal, Version 3.0, introducing faster app access, a more intuitive dashboard UI, clearer navigation, and an MCP server that allows you to programmatically access our data for market research.
Blazing fast app
We’ve upgraded from Remix v2 to React Router v8, pre-rendered all pages for faster loading, and optimized both client-side and server-side caching, bringing faster data retrieval and a smoother user experience.
Here are some highlights:
- Framework upgrade: All pages are now pre-rendered at build time, significantly improving performance and load speed.
- API optimization: APIs have been migrated to Hono, reducing request processing time.
- Cache optimization: Enhanced client-side caching reduces direct server calls, while server-side caching lowers overall response times.
New dashboard UI
We’ve redesigned the dashboard UI, leveraging Motion to deliver smooth zoom interactions without re-creating chart instances, resulting in lower CPU and GPU overhead.
We also refined the spacing between the navigation, overview, control, and analysis areas to create clearer visual separation and improve navigation throughout the app.
The dashboard is now organized into four primary sections:
- Navigation Menu – Provides access to different modules and views.
- Dashboard Overview – Presents key context, introductions, and summary information.
- Control Panel – Enables filtering and exploration across multiple dimensions.
- Analysis Workspace – Displays interactive charts and visualizations, enabling you to zoom, download the current view, and export selected datasets.
Together, these components guide users from navigation and contextual understanding to data filtering and exploratory analysis, creating a more intuitive and efficient workflow.
On mobile devices, the UI/UX has been upgraded for smoother navigation and a more consistent experience across smaller screens.
Additionally, we introduced a new dashboard feature. Below is a bird’s-eye view of a subset of archived battery projects that are currently on hold. Projects can be filtered by status, including on hold, cancelled, and decommissioned.
MCP server
We launched an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server as an alternative to traditional APIs with predefined routes, allowing you to dynamically call our data tools using your preferred LLM. We’ve also prepared a tutorial on how to obtain an API key and connect your MCP client to our server.
In previous versions, we provided RESTful APIs. However, defining and maintaining individual endpoints is much more time-consuming compared to MCP. We believe MCP enables us to build, test, and deploy new data tools more efficiently. We’ll ship faster, and you’ll get access to new data sooner.
What else is going on
We’re onboarding more data related to global battery manufacturing across different product categories, including cells, components, and recycling. At the same time, we’re building an automated data engineering pipeline to manage and process this growing dataset.
We’ll also continue expanding the number of data tools available through our MCP server, and your feedback is always welcome.
If you have any questions, suggestions, or data needs, feel free to reach out at contact@newenergyterminal.org :)
Cheers!