Drakelow Power Station refers to a series of three now decommissioned and demolished coal-fired power stations located 2.4 mi (3.9 km) south of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England, on the River Trent.

It had appeared in the Domesday Book and the family could trace its history back to the time of the Norse Vikings.

[2] The remains of the Elizabethan hall occupied part of the site even after the power station was built.

The site was chosen for the construction of a power station because it was around 750 acres (3.0 km2) in size and was in close proximity to the River Trent as well as the main Leicester to Burton railway to the north, the Burton to Tamworth road to the south-east, and was close to the East Midlands coalfields.

By the time of its opening, work had already started on its larger 480 MW sister, Drakelow B Power Station.

The third, final and largest stage of the build was then underway with the construction of Drakelow C Power Station.

Drakelow power stations were supplied with coal via a branch off the adjacent Leicester and Burton railway line.

[9] The A station boilers operated on pulverised coal and delivered 260.0 kg/s of steam at 103.4 bar and 566 °C.

[12] The annual electricity output of Drakelow B was:[4][10][11] The C station boilers operated on pulverised coal and delivered 788.0 kg/s of steam at 241.3/158.6 bar and 593/566 °C.

The electricity output was:[4][13] The Drakelow power stations had a workforce of hundreds of people.

The station had its own Football, Cricket and Rugby clubs and became part of the community by holding various charity events.

[18] However, the six towers remained standing past their blow down time as a fault with the detonator was found.

[18] However at 10.50 p.m. the final set of towers came crashing down, ending the era of Drakelow Power Station.

The plans from Future Earth Energy were originally approved in 2015 but the firm has significantly changed the design of the new plant and asked to operate for an extra five years.

[22] However, in May 2020 Vital Energi instead signed a major contract to develop the new energy-from-waste facility on the site with construction of the facility scheduled to be completed by 2023 and Vital Energi having a 30-year concession to operate it, with the owners EON offering a 33-year lease.