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.
North Carolina ranked fifth in the nation in net electricity generation from nuclear power in 2015, producing 5.3% of the nation's total. In 2015, nuclear energy contributed the largest share of North Carolina's electricity generationâ32.6%â as coal's share fell to 31.4%. Natural gas-fired generation contributed most of the restâ28.3%. In 2015, 7.1% of North Carolinaâs utility-scale net electricity generation came from renewable energy resources. All of the generation came from conventional hydroelectric power, biomass, and solar energy.