Patent ID: 7880436

Claim:
A method for operating a transport device having a primary energy source, an energy management system and at least one electronic energy consumer, said method comprising the steps of: producing a first item of information regarding a future energy requirement of at least part of the transport device using an item of information regarding at least one transport measure to be carried out, said future energy requirement including at least one peak load; providing the first item of information to the energy management system; changing a sequence of transport measures provided by the transport device using the first item of information, so that storage and use of energy by the transport device is managed using the first item of information; comparing the future peak load to a maximum possible peak load; managing a relationship between energy consumption by the transport device and maximum possible peak load so that the future peak load does not exceed the maximum possible peak load; and producing a second item of information regarding the future energy requirement of at least part of the transport device.