Question

the industrial sector uses significant amounts of energy for process heating

Answer 1

This is true, as more energy causes/creates more heat.

Answer 2

United states uses major amount of energy for heating .They uses a variety of energy-

Like , Natural gas , Petroleum , distillate , residual fuel oils,hydrocarbon gas liquids etc .

It applies like Geothermal, solar and biomass sources made the new heating component of process heating.

We can use it in various industrial applications which is like traditional process heating. Some of them are geothermal, biomass , solar sources of heat which also can be used for warm up the water or air .