Construction crews in the Mojave Desert are erecting mirrors each measuring 70 square feetâat a rate of 500 per day across some 3,500 acres. (Gilles Mingasson). When completed in late 2013, the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will power 140,000 California homes.
Examples of Convergent Boundaries. The west coast of South America is a convergent boundary between the Nazca plate and the South American plate. The collision of this oceanic and continental plate was how the Andes mountains were formed.Convergent boundaries can also form islands.The northern part of the Pacific Plate is subducting under the North American Plate, and the result is the formation of the Aleutian Islands.he collision of this oceanic and continental plate was how the Andes mountains were formed. Convergent boundaries can also form islands. The northern part of the Pacific Plate is subducting under the North American Plate, and the result is the formation of the Aleutian Islands.
1 The boundary between two plates can be a divergent boundary, a convergent boundary or a transform boundary. 2  The lithosphere is composed of the crust, and some of the upper mantle. 3  Mature oceanic plate is approximately 80-100 km thick, of which, the upper 5-7 km is oceanic crust. At some convergent boundaries, oceanic plate meets continental plate. 2  An example of this is the west coast of southern Mexico, Central America and South America. 3  An oceanic trench forms offshore, and a chain of volcanic mountains forms just inland of the coast.