at 9:00 a.m., joseph desmond of brightsource energy explains the u.s. solar industry. and at 9:30, elizabeth salerno of the american wind energy association looks at a report of the wind industry slowdown. ♪ host: good morning, everyone. thursday, november 7. the armed services committee will hear from the army chief of staff and the marine corps commandant about the impact of automatic spending cuts on national defense. live coverage at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. the epa holds a public listening session on the ways to relieve emission.carbon go to c-span. orc for coverage. sticking with the environment this morning on "washington journal

coming, joseph desmond of brightsource energy joins us to project inthe california.r, we will discuss the u.s. wind power energy with elizabeth salerno. >> justin, the u.s. economy expanded at a 2.8% annual rate from july through september. that is an unexpected sign of strength. overall, growth increased in the third quarter from 2.5% annual fastest pace in a year. according to the commerce department. that was a full percentage point stronger than what many economists had predicted. meanwhile, a new report by career builder on the outlook for job growth sees a strengthening labor market from the end of this year through 2017. the projections are for the workforce to grow by 4.4%. the strongest growth at both ends of the pay scale. jobs in the middle are expected to have the least growth. the federal government's workplace safety agency wants the public to be able to see injury andcompany's illness reports. osha will require companies to file these reports electronically and will apply to companies with more than 200 employees. unlike ike, mamie was from a well-to-d

joining us from san francisco this morning to continue our conversation, is joseph desmond. he is the senior vice president of government affairs for bright source energy and he will be here to talk about the largest solar installation in the world called ivanpah. what is this? >> is concentrating so solar thermal power. so when we talk about it, most say that we talk about the rooftops. but we are using a field of mirrors and they track the sun on two axes throughout the day to focus sunlight onto a tower. and that includes producing high-temperature steam which runs through a turbine much like this. >> where is this taking place? is taking place in california, 40 miles south of las vegas, an area that has fantastic son in the mojave desert, some of the best solar resources that you'll find in the world. and this includes a 36 six hole golf course and a across the highway and it is right there along highway 15 if you're heading north of las vegas. >> host: wended construction began and when will it be ready to go? >> guest: we started the permit process in 2006. the actual

joining us from san francisco this morning to continue our conversation about renewable energy is joseph desmond he is the senior vice president of marketing and governor -- government affairs for brightsource energy. , whato talk about ivanpah is this? guest: it is concentrating solar thermal power plant. most people think of the panels you see on rooftops. we are using a field of mirrors and they track this done -- the sun on two axes. it focuses the sunlight onto a tower. produced is sent through a turbine. host: where is this taking place? guest: just on the edge of california. 40 miles south of las vegas. it is an area that has fantastic son. -- sun. that is exactly where it is. it is located adjacent to a 36 hole golf course. it is across the highway from three casinos. it is right along highway 15. host: when did construction began and when will it be ready to go? the permittinged process back in 2006. the actual construction began in october 2010. we closed financing in the spring of 2011. we are now nearing completion. we installed the last of the mirrors about two weeks ago. we have ac

joining us from san francisco this morning to continue our conversation about renewable energy is joseph desmond. he is the senior vice president of marketing and governor -- government affairs for brightsource energy. here to talk about ivanpah, what is this? guest: it is concentrating solar thermal power plant. most people think of the panels you see on rooftops. we are using a field of mirrors and they track this done -- the sun on two axes. it focuses the sunlight onto a tower. that steam produced is sent through a turbine. host: where is this taking place? guest: just on the edge of california. 40 miles south of las vegas. it is an area that has fantastic son. -- sun. that is exactly where it is. it is located adjacent to a 36 hole golf course. it is across the highway from three casinos. it is right along highway 15. host: when did construction began and when will it be ready to go? guest: we started the permitting process back in 2006. the actual construction began in october 2010. we closed financing in the spring of 2011. we are now nearing completion. we installed the last of the mirro