The invention relates to an electrically operated
civil engineering machine and to a method for electrically operating the
civil engineering machine, having a
mobile carrier device, at least one electrical consumption unit, at least one supply device by means of which
electric current is supplied from an
external energy source, which supplies
electric current in alternating
voltage with a first frequency and a first
voltage value, the supply device having a first supply unit, which is arranged remote from the
mobile carrier device and is connected to the
external energy source, and having a second supply unit, which is arranged on the carrier device and is connected to the first supply unit via a connecting line for transmitting
electric current. According to the invention, it is provided that the first supply unit has a frequency converter, which converts a frequency of the alternating
voltage of the supplied current to a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency, and a first
transformer, which increases the alternating voltage to a second voltage value, and that the electric current is transmitted from the first supply unit via the connecting line to the second supply unit on the carrier device with the second frequency and the second voltage.