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In contrast, the determination of the optimum tilt angle is more complex, and there are different equations for its calculation. Most of these equations do not take albedo into account. In this work, 47 Spanish province capitals representing the most populated cities have been studied with different equations for the calculation of the optimum annual tilt angle (Technical report by the Spanish Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE), Lorenzo\u2019s and Jacobson\u2019s equation) and different types of albedo. Accounting for the geographical and the meteorological conditions of the cities, we analyzed the optimum tilt angle through a Mathematica\u00a9 optimization code. The influence that different variables have on optimum tilt angle has been quantified by means of the term relative energy harvested. The use of the equations as a function of latitude increases the annual relative energy harvested by increasing the albedo. When the albedo is 0.2, the annual relative energy harvested is very similar in all equations. Comparing to the method that maximizes the total irradiation incident on a tilted surface, the minimum and maximum value of the percentage of relative energy harvested per year were 0.01 and 2.50% for the IDAE guideline, 0.00 and 2.38% for Lorenzo\u2019s equation, 0.00 and 2.46% for Jacobson\u2019s equation. A simplified polynomial regression model to estimate optimum tilt angle as a function of latitude, altitude and albedo has been proposed as well.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/en15217905","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,25]],"date-time":"2022-10-25T22:00:27Z","timestamp":1666735227000},"page":"7905","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Investigation of the Effect of Albedo in Photovoltaic Systems for Urban Applications: Case Study for Spain"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6736-3178","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arsenio","family":"Barb\u00f3n","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Oviedo, 33003 Oviedo, Spain"}]},{"given":"Luis","family":"Bay\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, University of Oviedo, 33003 Oviedo, Spain"}]},{"given":"Guzm\u00e1n","family":"D\u00edaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Oviedo, 33003 Oviedo, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7532-3993","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos A.","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research\u2014IN+, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"United Nations (2012). 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