The Port of Seward, with a docked cruise ship, is seen on June 19, 2024, from Race Point on Mount Marathon. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/alaska Beacon) Alaska has a long history of leadership in renewable energy. The state’s Renewable Energy Fund, for example, has helped build more than 100 operating projects across Alaska — enabling rural communities to reduce their reliance on costly diesel, and slowing the Railbelt’s consumption of Cook Inlet’s dwindling natural gas supplies.