ABOUT HISTORYâS PAWN STARS TV SERIES. Series Description | Long before banks, ATMS and check-cashing services, there were pawn shops. Pawning was the leading form of consumer credit in the United States until the 1950s, and pawn shops are still helping everyday people make ends meet.
Hydroelectric power is currently the largest producer of renewable power in the U.S. It produced ar 6.14% of the nation's total electricity in 2015 which was 45.71% of the total renewable power in the U.S. The United States is the fourth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world after China, Canada and Brazil.
Twelve states produced 80% of U.S. wind power in 2013. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly. In 2013, 12 states accounted for 80% of U.S. wind-generated electricity, according to preliminary generation data released in EIA's March Electric Power Monthly report. Texas was again the top wind power state with nearly 36 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity. Iowa was second, with more than 15 million MWh, followed by California, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon, Colorado, Washington, North Dakota, and Wyoming.