CRANE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME

A crane including electric actuators for lifting and/or traveling loads and/or crane elements, a generator for supplying the actuators with energy, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, inputs for entering control commands for the actuators, and a control device for controlling the actuators in dependence on the control commands entered. The control device has a determination device for determining and/or estimating a future power demand of the electric actuators with reference to the actuation of the inputs with which control commands for the actuators are entered, and the current operating condition of the actuators, and an engine control unit for controlling the internal combustion engine in dependence on the estimated/determined future power demand.