Nikolaus Krane is a Member of the executive board of ALTUS AG since 2007, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden AG, it being a part of the municipal utilities joint-venture between the cities of Mainz and Wiesbaden.

After graduation from RWTH Aachen with an engineering degree, he started his career as strategy consultant for a spin out of McKinsey & Company. Since 1999 he has been focussing entirely on the infrastructure sector with an emphasis on renewable energies. As cofounder and board member of Conergy AG and several executive as well as non executive boards thereafter, Nikolaus has realized PV, wind and real estate projects with a volume of more than 1,5 bill. US dollars.