Rule of thumb is two engine hp per KW so 18 KW equals 36 hp plus drive line loss, best to have 40 hp min.
No sure how the hp requirements are for pulling a 18 KW gen at half load, you can't power a modern home on 9 KW but it mite work if your selective on what you turn on, it would work a 18 KW gen hard to power an all electric home.
During 09 ice storm we ran lights, tv, frig, table top grill and a small heater on 5500 watt gen, water pump if grill and heater where off, after water was drawn we turned the pump off and turned on the water heater (that loaded the little gen), after water was heated turn off the water heater and pump the water into the tub, turn off water pump and move the little electric heater into the bathroom to bathe.
It was ten days before the power came back on but we where better off than ones that didn't have a gen.
We have a gas log insert for backup heat now.
The backup gen for my poultry barns is 75 KW and is powered by a 145 hp diesel.
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